Antibody responses of hens fed vitamin E and passively acquired antibodies of their chicks

Avian Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 122-127

  Boa Amponsem, K ^a   Price, S E ^a   Geraert, P A ^a   Picard, M ^a   Siegel, P B ^a  

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

Author keywords

Antibody titers; Broiler pure lines; Sheep red blood cells; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0035066914     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1593018     Document Type: Article

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