Effects of lighting conditions and melatonin supplementation on the cellular and humoral immune responses in Japanese quail coturnix coturnix japonica

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 95-104

  Moore, C B ^a   Siopes, T D ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Immune response; Japanese quail; Melatonin; Photoperiod

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; ILLUMINATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL;

EID: 0033870733     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.2000.7496     Document Type: Article

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