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The influence of major histocompatibility complex genotypes on resistance to Pasteurella multocida and Newcastle disease virus in turkeys.
Poultry science - 1 Jan 1996
Nestor K E, Saif Y M, Zhu J, Noble D O, Patterson R A
Abstract excerpt
Sublines homozygous for each of four MHC haplotypes were developed from randombred control populations of turkeys and challenged with Pasteurella multocida (capsular serogroup a, somatic serotype 3, 4) at 6 wk of age or Newcastle disease virus (NDV; Texas GB strain) at 4 wk of age. In addition, individuals from a randombred control line (RBC2) and a subline (F) of RBC2 long-term selected for increased 16-wk BW...
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