Effect of selection for increased body weight on mitogenic responses in Turkeys

Poultry Science

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1532-1535

  Li, Z ^a   Nestor, K E ^a   Saif, Y M ^b   Bacon, W L ^a   Anderson, J W ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight selection; Concanavalin A; Disease resistance; Phytohemagglutinin M; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA;

CONCANAVALIN A; MITOGENIC AGENT; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CONCANAVALIN A; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MITOGENS; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; SELECTION (GENETICS); TURKEYS;

EID: 0033228266     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/78.11.1532     Document Type: Article

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