Figure 3


Mean relative expression of the genes encoding IFN-γ (a), and MX1 (b) as well as in-house ELISA detection of anti-PiCV IgY in sera of the experimental pigeons (c) throughout the experiment. The mean relative expression values above 1 (horizontal black line) indicate a higher gene expression compared to the control pigeons. Whiskers represent the standard deviation values. The results for individual pigeons are encoded by color according to Fig. 1.