The natural history of the Obese strain of chickens - An animal model for spontaneous autoimmune thyroiditis

Poultry Science

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1359-1371

  Dietrich, Hermann M ^a   Cole, Randall K ^b   Wick, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Animal Health Diagnostic Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Autoimmunity; Natural history; Obese strain of chickens; Spontaneous autoimmune thyroiditis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CHICKEN; DISEASE MODEL; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; OBESITY; SELECTION (GENETICS); THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 0033210346     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/78.10.1359     Document Type: Article

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