Effects of Dietary Vitamin E on the Immune System in Broilers: Altered Proportions of CD4 T Cells in the Thymus and Spleen

Poultry Science

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 529-537

  Erf, G F ^a   Bottje, W G ^a   Bersi, T K ^a   Headrick, M D ^a   Fritts, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Broiler; Spleen; T cell; Thymus; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHICKEN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOLOGY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SPLEEN; THYMUS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGING; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CD4-CD8 RATIO; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHICKENS; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MACROPHAGES; MALE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SPLEEN; THYMUS GLAND; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0032041970     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/77.4.529     Document Type: Article

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