Phenotypic responses of chickens to long-term selection for high or low antibody titers to sheep red blood cells

Poultry Science

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1047-1056

  Zhao, X L ^a,b   Honaker, C F ^b   Siegel, P B ^b  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

Author keywords

Antibody selection; Body weight; Chicken; Correlation analysis; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84859704533     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2011-01892     Document Type: Article

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