Xiangping Liu, Teng Ma, Hongzhi Wang, Zhongwei Sheng, Xinhong Dou, Kehua Wang, Zhiteng Li, Zhiming Pan, Guobin Chang, Guohong Chen
The immune performance, SNPs and expression levels of candidate genes (IL1-β, Nramp1, TLR4, MyD88, NF-κB and NLRC5) were analyzed in carrier chickens of a Chinese indigenous breed infected with Salmonella enterica Serovar Pullorum at different persistence periods (12, 19 and 24 weeks of age). Carrier birds at 19 weeks of age presented significant difference in most immune parameters, as compared to carriers at 12 and 24 weeks of age, while no significant difference in most immune parameters was observed between carriers at 12 and 24 weeks of age...
April 2015: Indian Journal of Biochemistry & Biophysics