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Susceptibility to Eimeria tenella of chickens and chicken embryos of partly inbred lines possessing homozygous major histocompatibility complex haplotypes.
Avian diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Nakai Y, Edamura K, Kanazawa K, Shimizu S, Hirota Y, Ogimoto K
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Susceptibility to Eimeria tenella infection of chicken embryos and chickens of partly inbred lines possessing different major histocompatibility complex haplotypes was investigated. Chicken embryos of line H-B2 possessing B2 homozygous haplotype showed lower mortality and higher oocyst production than embryos of line H-B15 possessing B15 homozygous haplotype. Embryos of line H-B2 chickens were considered more...
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