Dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids alter lymphocyte subset proportion and proliferation, serum immunoglobulin G concentration, and immune tissue development in chicks

Poultry Science

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1741-1748

  Wang, Y W ^a   Field, C J ^a   Sim, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chicks; Immune responses; Immune tissue weight; n 6 to n 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids ratio; Specific n 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; GLYCINE MAX; HELIANTHUS; PHYTOLACCACEAE; SIGANUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EDIBLE OIL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; BURSA FABRICII; CELL DIVISION; CHICKEN; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; SPLEEN; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BURSA OF FABRICIUS; CELL DIVISION; CHICKENS; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; SPLEEN; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0034572034     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/79.12.1741     Document Type: Article

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