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Table 3 Body weight and relative immune organs weight (n = 20)

From: Deletion of the meq gene significantly decreases immunosuppression in chickens caused by pathogenic marek's disease virus

Virus

Body weight (g)

Relative thymus weight (%)

Relative bursa weight (%)

bac-GX0101

91.9 ± 9.1 a

0.21 ± 0.06 a

0.2 ± 0.07 a

GX0101ΔMeq

116.6 ± 11.9 b

0.42 ± 0.08 b

0.38 ± 0.08 b

Control

125.9 ± 16.7 b

0.48 ± 0.09 b

0.45 ± 0.12 b

  1. All chickens were inoculated with 1000 PFU of the indicated virus by a subcutaneous route. The numbers in the table indicate: mean ± standard deviation. Same letters indicate that the differences were not significant (P > 0.05), different letters indicate that a significant difference (P < 0.05).