Immunopathological effect of mercury on humoral immune response in chickens

Indian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 550-552

  Kumar, Avadhesh ^a   Chauhan, R S ^a   Singh, N P ^a  

^a G B PANT UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

lymphocyte blastogenesis assay; Chickens; ELISA; Haemagglutination inhibition test; Mercuric chloride

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033444188     PISSN: 03678318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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