Efficacy of Marek's disease vaccines in Mhc heterozygous chickens: Mhc congenic x inbred line F1 matings.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a111580

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Efficacy of Marek's disease vaccines in Mhc heterozygous chickens: Mhc congenic x inbred line F1 matings.

The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000

Bacon L D, Witter R L

Abstract excerpt

The goal of this study is to demonstrate that Mhc (B) heterozygous chickens differ in efficacy of response to several Marek's disease (MD) vaccines. Four types of B2 heterozygotes, in addition to B2B2 homozygotes, were developed by crossing 15.B congenic males to inbred line 7(1) (B2B2) hens. The...

Topics

Animals
Chickens
Crosses, Genetic
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Genotype
Haplotypes
Heterozygote
Homozygote
Major Histocompatibility Complex
Male
Marek Disease
Viral Vaccines

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