Antibody response of chickens to sheep red blood cells: Crosses among divergently selected lines and relaxed sublines

Poultry Science

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1338-1341

  Kuehn, L A ^a   Price, S E ^a   Honaker, C F ^a   Siegel, P B ^a  

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

Author keywords

Chicken; Genetic variation; Heterosis; Selection; Sheep red blood cell

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CROSS BREEDING; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; SHEEP; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CHICKENS; CROSSES, GENETIC; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; MALE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SHEEP; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748340625     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/85.8.1338     Document Type: Article

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