title: Associations of BF2 alleles with antibody titres and production traits in commercial pure line broiler chickens.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathobiology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849-5519, USA. ewaldsj@auburn.edu
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Ewald
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Avendano
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McLeod
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Lamont
authors.forename: J C M
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Dekkers
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000276:immunology*; D001947:Breeding / Q000379:methods*; D002645:Chickens / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005805:Genes, MHC Class I / Q000235:genetics*; D016014:Linear Models; D010641:Phenotype
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral