Immunoresponsiveness in Chickens: Association of Antibody Production and the B System of the Major Histocompatibility Complex

Poultry Science

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1156-1160

  Dunnington, E A ^a   Briles, W E ^b   Briles, R W ^b   Siegel, P B ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody; Chicken; Major histocompatibility complex; Selection; Sheep red blood cells

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; EGG LAYING; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; IMMUNOLOGY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHEEP;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; OVIPOSITION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELECTION (GENETICS); SHEEP;

EID: 0030255254     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.0751156     Document Type: Article

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