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SHORT COMMUNICATION: Associations of BF2 alleles with antibody titres and production traits in commercial pure line broiler chickens
Author(s) -
Ewald S. J.,
Ye X.,
Avendano S.,
McLeod S.,
Lamont S. J.,
Dekkers J. C. M.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
animal genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.756
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1365-2052
pISSN - 0268-9146
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2007.01574.x
Subject(s) - biology , sire , allele , broiler , infectious bursal disease , genetics , major histocompatibility complex , antibody , phenotype , virus , virology , gene , zoology , virulence
Summary 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.