Active Immunization of Japanese Quail Hens with a Recombinant Chicken Inhibin Fusion Protein Enhances Production Performance

Poultry Science

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 894-901

  Moreau, J D ^a   Satterlee, D G ^a   Rejman, J J ^a   Cadd, G G ^a   Kousoulas, K G ^b   Fioretti, W C ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AgriTech Labs Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunoneutralization; Inhibin; Japanese quail; Laying

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; CARRIER PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; HYBRID PROTEIN; INHIBIN; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; MALTOSE TRANSPORT SYSTEM, E COLI; MALTOSE-BINDING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COTURNIX; EGG; EGG LAYING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COTURNIX; EGGS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FEMALE; INHIBINS; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; OVIPOSITION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; VACCINATION; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

EID: 0032093199     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/77.6.894     Document Type: Article

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