Increased egg production in juvenile turkey hens after active immunization with vasoactive intestinal peptide

Poultry Science

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 899-901

  Caldwell, S R ^a   Johnson, A F ^a   Yule, T D ^a   Grimes, J L ^b   Ficken, M ^a   Christensen, V L ^b  

^a PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg production; Immunization; Juvenile turkey hens; Vasoactive intestinal peptide

Indexed keywords

AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; EGG; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; TURKEY (BIRD); VACCINATION;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; EGGS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LIGHT; TURKEYS; VACCINATION; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0033144595     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/78.6.899     Document Type: Article

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