Effect of photoperiod on heterophil to lymphocyte ratio and tonic immobility duration of chickens

Poultry Science

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1637-1639

  Campo, J L ^a   Davila S G ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fear; Leukocyte ratio; Light pattern; Stress; Tonic immobility

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CYTOLOGY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPAIN; STRESS;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTES; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; OVIPOSITION; PHOTOPERIOD; POULTRY DISEASES; SPAIN; STRESS;

EID: 0036835715     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/81.11.1637     Document Type: Article

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