Key words:Toll-like receptor, polymorphism, genetic resistance, salmonella enteritidis, chickenThe aim of this study is to investigate the polymorphism in exon1 and 2 of TLR4 gene and its possible association with resistance to salmonella infection in the Fayoumi breed and Hyline strain of chickens and its possible association with immune response of birds under study. Two experiments were done, in which the chicks were infected intraesophageal with two different doses of S. enteritidis LD 50 (10 8 cfu) in experiment I and 1/2 LD 50 (5× 10 7 cfu) in experiment II. The birds (100 chicks from each breed) allocated into different groups according to the clinical signs in experiment I to susceptible and resistant and in experiment II, to high and low immune response groups based on ELISA test. TLR4 gene was genotyped by PCR-RFLP of exon 1 (596 bp) and exon 2 (793 bp) using different restriction enzymes. Comparison between the different genotypes generated by Taq1 of Fayoumi breed and Hy-line strain in experiment I and II give valuable result. Exon 1-Taq1 AA genotype can be used as a marker for culling the birds of Hy-line strain as it appears in low immune response and also, BB genotype (0.7) in susceptible birds. Moreover, using exon 2-EcoR-1 BB genotype (0.9) in susceptible birds as a marker for culling these birds. We concluded that the Polymorphisms of TLR4 -exon 1 and 2 can be used as a marker-assisted selection for resistant and/or susceptibility to salmonella infection in Hy-line strain.