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Poultry Science, Vol 78, Issue 1, 1-7
Copyright © 1999 by Poultry Science Association

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Direct and correlated response to divergent selection for serum immunoglobulin M and G levels in chickens

N Sarker, M Tsudzuki, M Nishibori, and Y Yamamoto

Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Applied Biological Science, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan.

Two pairs of chicken lines were divergently selected for serum immunoglobulin M and G levels at 10 wk of age to examine the effect of selection on direct and correlated traits. After three generations of selection, the lines were tested for their ability of antibody production against SRBC, a T cell dependent antigen. At 14 and 17 wk of age, the lines were immunized intravenously with 1 mL of 5% SRBC solution. Blood samples were collected at 7 and 14 d of post primary immunization (PPI) and post secondary immunization (PSI). Selection was effective (P < 0.01) in changing the serum immunoglobulin M levels. The G levels were changed in a downward direction initially in the high line. The differences between the high immunoglobulin M (HIM) and low immunoglobulin M (LIM) lines as well as high immunoglobulin G (HIG) and low immunoglobulin G (LIG) lines became larger during the course of selection. Selection differentials varied considerably during the selection, but the selection response was almost constant. Realized heritability was relatively high, ranging from 0.58 to 0.66 and from 0.40 to 0.60 for the IgM and IgG selected lines, respectively. Total antibody titers to SRBC differed significantly (P < 0.01) between the HIM and LIM lines at 7 and 14 d PPI, and 7 d PSI. The HIM line also produced significantly higher mercaptoethanol resistant antibody titers to SRBC than the LIM line at 7 and 14 d PPI and PSI. The LIG line had significantly higher total antibody titers to SRBC than the HIG line at both 7 and 14 d of PPI and PSI. From these results, it is suggested that selection of chickens on the basis of serum immunoglobulin isotypes may change antibody producing cells as well as other immunocompetent cells that modulate the immune response of the selected lines.


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