Biochemical and immunological changes in chickens experiencing pulmonary hypertension syndrome caused by Enterococcus faecalis

Poultry Science

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1826-1831

  Tankson, J D ^a   Thaxton, J P ^a   Vizzier Thaxton, Y ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterococcus faecalis; Immunology; Leukocyte; Pulmonary hypertension syndrome; Serum

Indexed keywords

AVES; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GALLUS GALLUS;

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CHOLESTEROL; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; HEMOGLOBIN; ISOENZYME; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; CHICKEN; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PROTEINS; CHICKENS; CHOLESTEROL; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEMOGLOBINS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; ISOENZYMES; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; POULTRY DISEASES;

EID: 0036982833     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/81.12.1826     Document Type: Article

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