Effects of dietary n-6 and n-3 fatty acids and vitamin E on the immune response of healthy geriatric dogs

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 762-772

  Hall A , Jean ^a   Tooley, Katie A ^a   Gradin, Joseph L ^a   Jewell, Dennis E ^b   Wander, Rosemary C ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hill's Pet Nutrition Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; KEYHOLE LIMPET HEMOCYANIN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID;

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOG; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ELEMENTAL DIET; FOOD INTAKE; GERIATRICS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INOCULATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; NONHUMAN; SKIN TEST; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; AGING; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DIET; DOGS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HEMOCYANIN; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PHAGOCYTOSIS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0037838554     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2003.64.762     Document Type: Article

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