Article
Resistance, susceptibility, and immunity to Eimeria tenella in major histocompatibility (B) complex congenic lines.
Poultry science - 1 May 1997
Caron L A, Abplanalp H, Taylor R L
Abstract excerpt
The major histocompatibility (B) complex influence on resistance, susceptibility, and immunity to Eimeria tenella was examined in UCD B complex congenic chicken lines. In Experiment 1, 6-wk-old chicks from 12 UCD congenic lines were weighed and assigned to either challenge or control groups. The...
Topics
- Analysis of Variance
- Animals
- Antibodies, Protozoan
- Antigens, Protozoan
- Cecum
- Chickens
- Coccidiosis
- Disease Susceptibility
- Eimeria tenella
- Female
- Genotype
- Homozygote
- Immunity, Innate
- Major Histocompatibility Complex
- Poultry Diseases
- Weight Gain