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Effect of divergent selection for immune responsiveness and of major histocompatibility complex on resistance to Marek's disease in chickens.
Poultry science - 1 Mar 1993
Pinard M H, Janss L L, Maatman R, Noordhuizen J P, van der Zijpp A J
Abstract excerpt
Lines of chickens selected for nine generations for high (H) or low (L) antibody response to SRBC, a randombred control (C) line, and an F1 cross between H and L lines were challenged for resistance to Marek's disease (MD). Hens only were challenged at day-old by contact with virulent MD Strain K. Birds were serologically typed for MHC erythrocyte antigens. Chicks from the L and H lines died earlier and later,...
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