Diet and humoral responsiveness of lines of chickens divergently selected for antibody response to sheep red blood cells

Avian Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 565-571

  Boa Amponsem, K ^a   Dunnington, E A ^a   Siegel, P B ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody titers; Body weight; Diet; Dosage; Lines; Sheep red blood cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0032123277     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1592683     Document Type: Article

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