Effects of Dietary Levels of Vitamin A on the Egg Yield and Immune Responses of Laying Hens

Poultry Science

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 542-546

  Coskun B ^a   Inal, F ^a   Celik I ^a   Erganis O ^a   Tiftik, A M ^a   Kurtoglu F ^a   Kuyucuoglu Y ^a   Ok, U ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antibody titers; Egg yields; Immunity; T lymphocytes; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

RETINOL; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHICKEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; NEWCASTLE DISEASE PARAMYXOVIRUS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHICKENS; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; MALE; NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS; OVIPOSITION; VIRAL VACCINES; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0032044091     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/77.4.542     Document Type: Article

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