Delayed type hypersensitivity reaction as indicator of cellular immune competence in broiler chickens exposed to dietary corticosterone

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica - Section A: Animal Science

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 30-35

  Post, J ^a   Gielkens, A ^a   Ter Huurne, A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Cell mediated immunity; Glucocorticosteroids; Hypersensitivity type IV

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 2442560244     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064700410024328     Document Type: Article

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