Effect of immunostimulation on cytotoxic activity of intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes of chickens in infectious bursal disease and Eimeria tenella infections

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-11

  Anand Kumar, P ^a,b   Das, S K ^a   Rao, J R ^a  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Eimeria tenella; Immunostimulation; Infectious bursal disease (IBD); Intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes (iIELs); Natural killer (NK) cells

Indexed keywords

EIMERIA TENELLA; GALLUS GALLUS; INFECTIOUS BURSAL DISEASE VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM PHLEI;

EID: 0345985768     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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