Identifying agent(s) associated with poult enteritis mortality syndrome: Importance of the thymus

Avian Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 256-265

  Schultz Cherry, Stacey ^a   Kapczynski, Darrell R ^a   Simmons, Valrie M ^a,b   Koci, Matthew D ^a,b   Brown, Corrie ^b   Barnes, H John ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunity; Immunosuppression; Lymphocytes; PEMS; Poult enteritis mortality syndrome; T cells; Thymus; Turkeys

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 0034088250     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1592538     Document Type: Article

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