Immune responses to bovine serum albumin in chicken lines divergently selected for antibody responses to sheep red blood cells.

doi:10.3382/ps.0730825

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Immune responses to bovine serum albumin in chicken lines divergently selected for antibody responses to sheep red blood cells.

Poultry science - 1 Jun 1994

Parmentier H K, Siemonsma R, Nieuwland M G

Abstract excerpt

Primary antibody and cutaneous hypersensitivity responses to BSA revealed differences between two lines of chickens that had been selected during 12 generations for either high (H) or low (L) antibody responses to SRBC. Levels of total and IgM BSA-binding antibodies at Day 8 postsensitization wer...

Topics

Animals
Antibodies
Chickens
Concanavalin A
Dermatitis, Contact
Erythrocytes
Female
Genotype
Immunity, Cellular
Injections, Subcutaneous
Major Histocompatibility Complex
Selection, Genetic
Serum Albumin, Bovine
Sheep

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