Active immunization with vasoactive intestinal peptide in turkey hens

Poultry Science

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 349-354

  El Halawani, M E ^a   Whiting, S E ^a   Silsby, J L ^a   Pitts, G R ^a   Chaiseha, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunization; Incubation behavior; Prolactin; Turkey; Vasoactive intestinal peptide

Indexed keywords

VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TURKEYS; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0034145553     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/79.3.349     Document Type: Article

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