Table 6.

Mean and standard deviation of breeding values of various traits predicted from the two methods for birds with low or high H/L.

Model	Group 1	Ab-AIV 2	SRBC	Ab-NDV	H/L	IgG	SII	TII	TW	SW
BLUP	H/Leff	9.393 ± 1.792	7.600 ± 1.102	5.304 ± 1.185	0.134 ± 0.062	537.249 ± 207.421	0.145 ± 0.037	0.528 ± 0.142	7.614 ± 2.077	2.114 ± 0.582
GBLUP	H/Leff	9.500 ± 1.679	7.733 ± 1.112	5.455 ± 1.101	0.153 ± 0.075	544.312 ± 226.187	0.137 ± 0.036	0.480 ± 0.181	6.904 ± 2.701	1.967 ± 0.618
	p-value 3	0.822	0.643	0.662	0.296	0.905	0.408	0.266	0.264	0.347
BLUP	H/Lineff	9.818 ± 1.220	7.567 ± 1.194	5.750 ± 1.446	1.100 ± 0.340	585.091 ± 181.843	0.165 ± 0.046	0.479 ± 0.172	7.595 ± 2.954	2.616 ± 0.797
GBLUP	H/Lineff	9.348 ± 1.613	7.367 ± 1.129	5.286 ± 1.309	0.949 ± 0.393	580.645 ± 238.276	0.167 ± 0.046	0.473 ± 0.195	7.518 ± 3.564	2.634 ± 0.856
	p-value	0.278	0.508	0.287	0.115	0.942	0.873	0.903	0.928	0.932

¹ H/Leff, the top 30 chickens with efficient values and low ratio of heterophils to lymphocytes; H/Lineff, the bottom 30 chickens with inefficient values and low ratio of heterophils to lymphocytes; ² Ab-AIV, antibody response to avian influenza virus; SRBC, sheep red blood cell antibody titer; Ab-NDV, antibody response to Newcastle disease virus; H/L, the ratio of heterophils to lymphocytes; IgG, immunoglobulin G (ng/ml); SII (%), spleen immune index; TII (%), thymus immune index; TW (g), thymus weight at 100 d; SW (g), spleen weight at 100 d; ³ Student’s t-test.