Influences of MHC Class II Haplotypes on Avian Influenza Traits in Thai Indigenous Chicken

Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 120-125

  Bonyanuwat, Kalaya ^a,b   Sookmanee, Neramit ^a   Vatchavalkhu, Voravit ^a   Thummabutra, Sawat ^b   Siripholvat, Voravit ^a   Mitsuhashi, Tadayoshi ^c  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Thailand Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives   (Thailand)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

avian influenza virus; major histocompatibility complex; thai indigenous chicken

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995754284     PISSN: 13467395     EISSN: 13490486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2141/jpsa.43.120     Document Type: Article

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