Variation in resistance to Pasteurella multocida among turkey lines

Poultry Science

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1377-1379

  Nestor, K E ^a   Saif, Y M ^a   Anderson, J W ^a   Patterson, R A ^a   Li, Z ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight; Genetic lines; Pasteurella multocida; Resistance; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PATHOGENICITY; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MALE; PASTEURELLA INFECTIONS; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; SELECTION (GENETICS); TURKEYS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033210582     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/78.10.1377     Document Type: Article

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