Table 5.

The effect of line on IgM and IgG antibody titers in plasma from high (H) line and low (L) line chicks at 8 days of age (n = 15 chicks per line).

Antigen	Line	LSMeans	SE	P-value	Remarks
PC-BSA IgM	H	1.47	0.19	–
	L	NF	–
PC-BSA IgG	H	2.12	–	–
	L	NF
KLH IgM	H	NF	–	–
	L	NF
KLH IgG	H	4.89	0.26	***	H > L
	L	2.50
dsDNA IgM	H	NF	–	–
	L	NF
dsDNA IgG	H	4.95	0.22	***	H > L
	L	3.35
PC-OVA IgM	H	NF	–	–
	L	NF	–
PC-OVA IgG	H	3.92	0.30	0.0017	H > L
	L	2.43
OVA IgM	H	NF	–	–
	L	NF1	–
OVA IgG	H	2.99	0.22	***	H > L
	L	1.51

NF: not found

***P < 0.001