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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 response for Strain A was higher than strain B (P = 0.00001) and ranged from 0 to 1.95 mm, with a mean of 0.66, whereas...
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