Effects of Gonadal Steroids and Their Antagonists on the Humoral Immune Response of Immune-Selected Broiler Chicks

Poultry Science

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1373-1382

  Leitner, G ^a   Landsman, T ^a   Blum, O ^a   Zaltsmann, N ^a   Heller, E D ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Broiler; Estrogen; Gonadal hormones; Immune response; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ANTIANDROGEN; ANTIESTROGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; TAMOXIFEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; BURSA FABRICII; CHICKEN; COMB; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BURSA OF FABRICIUS; CHICKENS; COMB AND WATTLES; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEXUAL MATURATION; TAMOXIFEN; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0030279213     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.0751373     Document Type: Article

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