Lymphoid organ size varies among inbred lines 63 and 7 2 and their thirteen recombinant congenic strains of chickens with the same major histocompatibility complex

Poultry Science

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 844-853

  Zhang, H M ^a   Hunt, H D ^a   Kulkarni, G B ^a   Palmquist, D E ^b   Bacon, L D ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bursa of Fabricius; Disease resistance; Immunoglobulin G; Recombinant congenic strain; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVIAN LEUKOSIS VIRUS; GALLID HERPESVIRUS 2; GALLUS GALLUS; MARDIVIRUS;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BURSA FABRICII; CHICKEN; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; INBREEDING; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SPLEEN; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; BURSA OF FABRICIUS; CHICKENS; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INBREEDING; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SPLEEN; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 33745089283     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/85.5.844     Document Type: Article

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