Immune competence of chicks from two lines divergently selected for antibody response to sheep red blood cells as affected by supplemental vitamin E

Poultry Science

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 799-803

  Yang, N ^a,d   Larsen, C T ^a   Dunnington, E A ^a   Geraert, P A ^b   Picard, M ^c   Siegel, P B ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANOFI   (France)

^c STATION DE RECHERCHES AVICOLES   (France)

^d CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Immune response; Selection; Sheep red blood cells; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; CHICKEN; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS; CHICKENS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ERYTHROCYTES; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; POULTRY DISEASES; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0034201576     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/79.6.799     Document Type: Article

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