Cell-Mediated and Humoral Immune Responses in Broiler Chickens Maintained on Diets Containing Different Levels of Vitamin A

Poultry Science

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1368-1378

  Lessard, Martin ^a   Hutchings, Donna ^b   Cave, Nik A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antibody response; Cell mediated immunity; T lymphocytes; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE; PHYTOLACCACEAE;

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CONCANAVALIN A; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; POKEWEED MITOGEN; RETINOL; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIRD DISEASE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; CYTOLOGY; DIET; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEWCASTLE DISEASE PARAMYXOVIRUS; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; CHICKENS; CONCANAVALIN A; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; NEWCASTLE DISEASE; NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS; ORGAN SIZE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; POKEWEED MITOGENS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VITAMIN A; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031241231     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/76.10.1368     Document Type: Article

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