Relationship between reproductive performance and immunity in Taiwan Country chickens

Poultry Science

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 535-540

  Chao, C H ^a   Lee, Y P ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fertility; Genetic parameter; Immunity; Reproductive performance; globulin

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GAMMA-GLOBULINS; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; MALE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0035348823     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/80.5.535     Document Type: Article

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