Effect of the Genetic Selection of Turkeys for Increased Body Weight and Egg Production on Immune and Physiological Responses

Poultry Science

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 289-296

  Bayyari, G R ^a   Huff, W E ^a   Rath, N C ^a   Balog, J M ^a   Newberry, L A ^b   Villines, J D ^b   Skeeles, J K ^b   Anthony, N B ^b   Nestor, K E ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood chemistry; Body weight; Egg production; Immune response; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; COMPLEMENT; CONCANAVALIN A; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ P; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ-P;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CELL CULTURE; EGG; EGG LAYING; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH; HEMOLYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPLEEN; TURKEY (BIRD); UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; CONCANAVALIN A; EGGS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GROWTH; HEMOLYSIS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; OVIPOSITION; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; SPLEEN; TURKEYS;

EID: 0031067702     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/76.2.289     Document Type: Article

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