Feeding Regimen by Sire Family Interactions on Growth, Immunocompetence, and Disease Resistance in Chickens

Poultry Science

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 821-827

  Praharaj, N K ^a   Gross, W B ^a   Dunnington, E A ^a   Siegel, P B ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Feeding regimen; Growth; Organ weights; Sheep red blood cell antibody

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AVIAN CROP; BIRD DISEASE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EATING; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ERYTHROCYTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; TIME;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; CROP, AVIAN; EATING; ERYTHROCYTES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; POULTRY DISEASES; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030183143     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.0750821     Document Type: Article

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