Effects of Egg and Yolk Weights on Yolk Antibody (IgY) Production in Laying Chickens

Poultry Science

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 266-270

  Li, X ^a   Nakano, T ^a   Sunwoo, H H ^a   Paek, B H ^b   Chae, H S ^b   Simm, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antibody; Bovine serum albumin; Chicken; Egg yolk; Immune response

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN Y;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEER; EGG YOLK; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; RABBIT; TIME;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHICKENS; DEER; EGG YOLK; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; RABBITS; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031992357     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/77.2.266     Document Type: Article

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