Effects of low doses of oestradiol, testosterone and dihydrotestosterone on the immune response of broiler chicks

Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 315-327

  Al Afaleq, A I ^a   Homeida, A M ^a  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BURSA FABRICII; CHICKEN; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MITOGENESIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031800428     PISSN: 08923973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08923979809038547     Document Type: Article

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