Effect of early handling of turkey poults on later responses to a dexamethasone-Escherichia coli challenge. 1. Production values and physiological response

Poultry Science

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1305-1313

  Huff, G R ^a   Huff, W E ^a   Balog, J M ^a   Rath, N C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Handling; Osteomyelitis; Stress; Turkey

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

AIR SAC; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTIVATION; ORGAN SIZE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STRESS; TURKEY (BIRD);

AIR SACS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DEXAMETHASONE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; OSTEOMYELITIS; POULTRY DISEASES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STRESS; TURKEYS;

EID: 0035463003     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/80.9.1305     Document Type: Article

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