Immunosuppression in broiler chicks fed aflatoxin and inoculated with fowl adenovirus serotype-4 (FAV-4) associated with hydropericardium syndrome

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-51

  Shivachandra, S B ^a   Sah, R L ^a   Singh, S D ^a   Kataria, J M ^a   Manimaran, K ^a  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Chickens; Clinical signs; Hydropericardium; Immunosuppression; Mortality

Indexed keywords

1 CHLORO 2,4 DINITROBENZENE; AFLATOXIN; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITING ANTIBODY; NEWCASTLE DISEASE VACCINE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVIADENOVIRUS; BIRD DISEASE; BODY WEIGHT; BURSA FABRICII; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHICKEN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEEDING; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INOCULATION; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; LYMPHOCYTOTOXICITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; SENSITIZATION; SEROTYPE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPLEEN; THYMUS; TONSIL; VIRUS TITRATION; VIRUS TYPING; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADENOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; AFLATOXINS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; FOWL ADENOVIRUS A; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TESTS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; LYMPHOID TISSUE; NEWCASTLE DISEASE; NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; VIRAL VACCINES;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; AVIADENOVIRUS; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0037280916     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022058623634     Document Type: Article

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