Melatonin and the enhancement of immune responses in immature male chickens

Poultry Science

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 371-375

  Brennan, C P ^a   Hendricks III, G L ^a   El Sheikh, T M ^b   Mashaly, M M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Body weight; Chicken; Feed consumption; Immunity; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

CYTOKINE; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHICKEN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CHICKENS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYTOKINES; IMMUNITY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MELATONIN; PHOTOPERIOD; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0036519028     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/81.3.371     Document Type: Article

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