Associations of BF2 alleles with antibody titres and production traits in commercial pure line broiler chickens |
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| Authors: | Ewald S J Ye X Avendano S McLeod S Lamont S J Dekkers J C M |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Pathobiology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849-5519, USA. ewaldsj@auburn.edu |
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| Abstract: | Three commercial broiler pure lines were evaluated for associations of sire BF2 (major histocompatibility complex class I) alleles with progeny phenotypic traits. Significant BF2 associations with a subset of traits were observed in two lines. The BF2*21 allele was positively associated with antibody titre to infectious bursal disease virus in both lines. Other associations were line-specific. |
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| Keywords: | antibody chicken major histocompatibility complex phenotype |
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