Genetics of immunocompetent traits in a synthetic broiler dam line

British Poultry Science

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 169-174

  Sivaraman, G K ^a   Kumar, Sanjeev ^b   Saxena, V K ^b   Singh, N S ^a   Shivakumar, B M ^c  

^a VETERINARY COLLEGE   (India)

^b CENTRAL AVIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c Veterinary College ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHICKEN; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SHEEP;

GALLUS GALLUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 20044388913     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660500064949     Document Type: Article

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