The effect of dietary aflatoxin on wild turkey poults

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 436-444

  Quist, C F ^b   Bounous, D I ^b   Kilburn, J V ^a   Nettles, V F ^b   Wyatt, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aflatoxicosis; Aflatoxin; Aspergillus; Immune suppression; Liver damage; Meleagris gallopova silvestris; Wild turkey

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; AVES; MELEAGRIS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

AFLATOXIN; CAROTENOID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CLOTTING; CD4 CD8 RATIO; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TURKEY (BIRD); WEIGHT GAIN;

AFLATOXINS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD COAGULATION; CAROTENOIDS; CD4-CD8 RATIO; EATING; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TURKEYS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0034220758     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-36.3.436     Document Type: Article

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