Why some get sick

Journal of Applied Poultry Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 453-460

  Gross, W B ^a   Siegel, P B ^a  

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

Author keywords

Chickens; Disease; Environment; Genetics; Resource allocations

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0031315030     PISSN: 10566171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/japr/6.4.453     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Gross, W.B. and H.S. Siegel, 1983. Evaluation of the heterophil/lymphocyte ratio as a measure of stress in chickens. Avian Dis. 27:972-979.
2. Stone, N.D., P.B. Siegel, C.S. Adkisson, and W.B. Gross, 1984. Vocalizations and behavior of two commercial stocks of chickens. Poultry Sci. 63:616-619.
3. Wyatt, L., W.D. Weaver, W.L. Beane, D.M. Denbow, and W.B. Gross, 1986. Influence of hatcher holding times on several physiological parameters associated with the immune system of chickens. Poultry Sci. 65:1847-1854.
4. Gross, W.B. and P.B. Siegel, 1980. Effects of early environmental stress on chicken body weight, antibody response to RBC antigens, feed efficiency, and response to fasting. Avian Dis. 24:569-579.
5. Gross, W.B., 1990. Effect of exposure to short-duration sound on the stress response in chickens. Avian Dis. 34:759-761
6. Gross, W.B. and H.S. Siegel, 1965. The effect of social stress on resistance to infection with Escherichia coli or Mycoplasma gallisepticum. Poultry Sci. 44:998-1001.
7. Gwazdauskas, F.C., W.B. Gross, T.L. Bibb, and M.L. McGilliard, 1978. Antibody titers and plasma glucocorticoid concentrations in steer and heifer calves. Can. Vet. 19:150-154.
8. Gross, W.B., 1985. Effect of social environment and oocyst dose on resistance and immunity to Eimeria tenella challenge. Avian Dis. 22:1018-1029.
9. Gross, W.B. and P.B. Siegel, 1986. Effect of initial and second fasting on heterophil/lymphocyte ratios and body weight. Avian Dis. 30:345-346.
10. Gross, W.B. and P. B. Siegel, 1981. Long term exposure of chickens to three levels of social stress. Avian Dis. 25:312-325.
11. Gross, W.B. and P.B. Siegel, 1985. Selective breeding of chickens for corticosterone response to social stress. Poultry Sci. 64:2230-2233.
12. Gross, W.B. and P.B. Siegel, 1993. General principles of stress and welfare. Pages 21-34 in: Livestock Handling and Transport. T. Grandin, ed. CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon, UK.
13. Gross, W.B., 1990. Effect of adrenal blocking chemicals on the responses of chickens and turkeys to environmental stressors and ACTH. Avian Pathol. 19:295-304.
14. Thompson, D.L., K.D. Elgert, W.B. Gross, and P.B. Siegel, 1980. Cell-mediated immunity in Marek's disease virus-infected chickens genetically selected for high and low concentrations of plasma corticosterone. Amer. J. Vet. Res. 41:91-96.
15. Gross, W.B., 1972. Effect of social stress on the occurrence of Marek's disease in chickens. Amer. J. Vet. Res. 33:2275-2279.
16. Gross, W.B., 1992. Effect of ascorbic acid on stress and disease in chickens. Avian Dis. 36:699-701.
17. Gross, W.B., P.B. Siegel, and R.T. DuBose, 1980. Some effect of feeding corticosterone. Poultry Sci. 59:516-522.
18. Gross, W.B., 1984. Combined effects of deoxycorticosterone and furaltadone on Escherichia coli. Amer. J. Vet. Sci. 45:963-966.
19. Gross, W.B., D. Jones, and J. Cherry, 1988. Effect of ascorbic acid on the disease caused by Escherichia coli challenge infection. Avian Dis. 32:409-413.
20. Gross, W.B., 1990. Factors affecting the development of respiratory disease complex in chickens. Avian Dis. 34:607-610.
21. Gross, W.B., 1982. Socialization as a factor in resistance to infection, feed efficiency, and response to antigens in chickens. Amer. J. Vet. Res. 43:2010-2012.
22. Gross, W.B. and P.B. Siegel, 1990. Genetic-environment interactions and antibody response to two antigens. Avian Dis. 34:843-847.
23. Boa-Amponsem, K., N.P. O'Sullivan, W.B. Gross, E.A. Dunnington, and P.B. Siegel, 1991. Genotype, feeding regimen, and diet interactions in meat chickens. 3. General fitness. Poultry Sci. 70:697-701.
24. O'Sullivan, N.P., E.A. Dunnington, and P.B. Siegel, 1991. Growth and carcass characteristics of early and late feathering broilers reared under different feeding regimens. Poultry Sci. 70:1323-1332.
25. Katanbaf, M.N., D.E. Jones, E.A. Dunnington, W.B. Gross, and P.B. Siegel, 1988. Anatomical and physiological responses of early and late feathering broiler chickens to various feeding regimens. Arch. fur Geflugelk. 52:119-126.
26. Nitsan, Z., E.A. Dunnington, W.B. Gross, and P.B. Siegel, 1989. Growth and Escherichia coli resistance of chickens fed diets varying in energy and soybean processing. Nutr. Rep. Intl. 40:871-877.
27. Gross, W.B., 1995. Relationship between body weight gain after movement of chickens to an unfamiliar cage and response to E. coli challenge infection. Avian Dis. 39:636-639.
28. Gross, W.B. and W. Chickering, 1987. Effects of fasting, water deprivation, and adrenal blocking chemicals on resistance to Escherichia coli challenge. Poultry Sci. 66:270-272.
29. Siegel, P.B. and W.B. Gross, 1980. Production and persistence of antibodies to sheep erythrocytes. 1. Directional selection. Poultry Sci. 59:1-5.
30. Martin, A., E.A. Dunnington, W.B. Gross, W.E. Briles, R.W. Briles, and P.B. Siegel, 1990. Production traits and alloantigen systems in lines of chickens selected for high and low antibody response. Poultry Sci. 69:871-878.
31. Martin, A., W.B. Gross, and P.B. Siegel, 1989. IgG and IgM responses in high and low antibody selected lines of chickens. J. Heredity 80:249-251.
32. Gross, W.B., P.B. Siegel, R.W. Hall, C.H. Domermuth, and R.T. DuBose, 1980. Production and persistence of antibodies to sheep erythrocytes. 2. Resistance to infectious diseases. Poultry Sci. 59:205-210.
33. Gross, W.B., J.O. Falkinham III, and J.B. Payeur, 1989. The effect of social environment and genetic lines on Mycobacterium airum infection in chickens. Avian Dis. 33:411-415.
34. Martin, A., E.A. Dunnington, W.E. Briles, R.W. Briles, and P.B. Siegel, 1989. Marek's disease and MHC haplotypes in chickens selected for high or low antibody response. Anim. Genetics 20:407-414.
35. Hall, R.D. and W.B. Gross, 1975. Effect of social stress and inherited plasma corticosterone levels in chickens on populations of northern fowl mite, Ornithonyssus sylvarium. J. Parasit. 61:1095-1100.
36. Gross, W.B., C.H. Domermuth, and P.B. Siegel, 1988. Genetic and environmental factors on the response of chickens to avian adenovirus group II infection. Avian Pathol. 17:767-774.
37. Gross, W.B. and P.B. Siegel, 1988. Factors influencing the severity of Escherichia coli and avian adenovirus group II infection in chickens. Avian Dis. 32:793-797.