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Abstract
1. The primary antibody response to sheep erythrocytes was determined by haemagglutination test in guinea fowl. The effects of various genetic and non‐genetic factors on immune response to sheep RBCs in guinea fowl were also estimated.
2. The immune response to sheep RBCs was normally distributed in guinea fowl with mean titre at 1.534 ± 0.014.
3. In guinea fowl, effects on titre values of sire and variety (feather colour) were significant whereas sex and sex × variety interaction effects were non‐significant.
4. The estimate of heritability for immune response to sheep RBCs in guinea fowl was 0.35 ±0.17.
Notes
Present address: Central Institute for Research on Goats, Makhdoom, PO Farah, Distt. Mathura, VP 281 122, India.