Effects of cyclosporin A on the immune responses and pathogenesis of a virulent strain of Mycoplasma gallisepticum in chickens

Avian Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 495-502

  Ganapathy, K ^a   Bradbury, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIRD DISEASE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHICKEN; DRUG EFFECT; GERMFREE ANIMAL; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; PATHOGENICITY; RANDOMIZATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHICKENS; CYCLOSPORINE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POULTRY DISEASES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLUS GALLUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; MYCOPLASMATALES;

EID: 0142071644     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0307945031000154099     Document Type: Article

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