Effect of β-carotene, canthaxanthin, or lutein on lymphocyte proliferation (in vitro) of newly hatched chicks

Avian Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 823-827

  Haq, Akram Ul ^a   Chinnah, Anthony ^b   Bailey, Christopher A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bursa; carotenoid; chicken; lymphocyte; mitogen; tetrahydrofuran

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0030477297     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1592304     Document Type: Article

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