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Research notes: Comparison of disease susceptibility and resistance in three lines of chickens experimentally infected with infectious laryngotracheitis virus.
Poultry science - 1 Jan 1998
Poulsen D J, Thureen D R, Keeler C L
Abstract excerpt
The susceptibility of three F1 hybrid lines of chickens to graded doses of infectious laryngotracheitis virus (ILTV) was investigated. The three F1 hybrid lines, each produced from mating two inbred lines, included the SC (B2B2) and TK (B15B21) lines and the 15I5 x 7(1) (B2B15) line. Although at 1 d of age all three lines were susceptible to ILTV, SC birds were significantly less susceptible (10%) than TK (80%)...
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