Article
Variation in toe-web response of turkey poults to phytohemagglutinin-P and their resistance to Escherichia coli challenge.
Poultry science - 1 Jun 1997
Bayyari G R, Huff W E, Balog J M, Rath N C
Abstract excerpt
One thousand 5-wk-old male turkeys from each of two commercial strains (A and B) were grouped into low, medium, and high responders based on the cutaneous basophil hypersensitivity (CBH) response obtained 24 h after toe-web inoculation with 100 micrograms of phytohemagglutinin-P (PHA-P). The CBH...
Topics
- Air Sacs
- Animals
- Antibodies, Bacterial
- Basophils
- Body Weight
- Bursa of Fabricius
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Infections
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genetic Variation
- Hypersensitivity, Delayed
- Immunity, Cellular
- Incidence
- Leukocyte Count
- Liver
- Male
- Myocardium
- Organ Size