Effect of β-carotene supplementation on plasma and yolk IgY levels induced by NDV vaccination in Japanese quail

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 285-289

  Kiss, Zsuzsanna ^a   Bárdos, László ^a   Szabó, Csaba ^a   Lengyel, László ^a   Szabó, Mária ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Blood; Immunoglobulin Y (IgY); Japanese quail; Newcastle disease virus (NDV); Yolk; carotene

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN Y; NEWCASTLE DISEASE VACCINE; RETINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; QUAIL; SEX RATIO; VACCINATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COTURNIX; COTURNIX COTURNIX; COTURNIX JAPONICA; JAPONICA; NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 0043198125     PISSN: 03009831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0300-9831.73.4.285     Document Type: Article

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