Effect of maternal passive autoimmunization against myostatin on growth performance in chickens

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1017-1021

  Moon, Y S ^b   Lee, H G ^a   Yin, Y H ^a   Jin, X ^a   Hong, Z S ^a   Cho, J S ^a   Kim, S C ^a   You, S K ^c   Jin, D I ^d   Han, J Y ^a   Choi, Y J ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

^d Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Autoimmunization; Chicken; Growth; Muscle; Myostatin

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 22944446083     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2005.1017     Document Type: Article

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