Serum Levels of Interleukin-6, α1-Acid Glycoprotein, and Corticosterone in Two-Week-Old Chickens Inoculated with Escherichia coli Lipopolysaccharide

Poultry Science

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 908-911

  Nakamura, K ^a   Mitarai, Y ^b   Yoshioka, M ^a   Koizumi, N ^a   Shibahara, T ^a   Nakajima, Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Ohita Livestock Hygiene Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute phase protein; Corticosterone; Interleukin 6; Lipopolysaccharide

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; OROSOMUCOID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHICKEN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GERMFREE ANIMAL; MALE; METABOLISM; TIME;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CORTICOSTERONE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; OROSOMUCOID; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032089102     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/77.6.908     Document Type: Article

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