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Skin allograft survival in chicken strains with spontaneous autoimmune diseases.
Poultry science - 1 Mar 1996
Dietrich H M, Oliveira-Dos-Santos A J, Hala K, Wick G
Abstract excerpt
Skin grafts were performed to prove the level of genetic diversity in chicken populations of the Obese strain (OS), which develops a spontaneous Hashimoto's-like thyroiditis, and University of California at Davis (UCD) Line-200 chickens, which are hereditarily afflicted with progressive systemic sclerosis (scleroderma). As controls, Cornell C-strain (CS) and inbred, normal White Leghorn CB chickens were included...
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