Figure 12

Relative Gene expression in spinal ganglia of chicken. The mRNA abundance of candidate genes using quantitative RT-PCR was analysed in ganglia of affected and non-affected chickens of the same age, originated from the same flock. Gene expression, measured using SYBR Green primer assays and Ct values, were normalised against 18S rRNA (= dCT). Data shown as mean ± SD for 40-dCT values for eight animals per group (** p ≤ 0.01; * p ≤ 0.05).