in this study we investigated the genetic background of primary abnormalities found in the thyroid gland of obese strain ( os ) chickens with spontaneous autoimmune thyroiditis ( sat ) , i.e. , susceptibility to passively transferred antibodies to thyroglobulin ( tgab ) and incomplete suppression of iodine uptake by thyroxine ( t4 ) .
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thyroid gland
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thyroglobulin