Effects of feeding blends of grains naturally contaminated with Fusarium mycotoxins on performance, metabolism, hematology, and immunocompetence of ducklings

Poultry Science

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1179-1185

  Chowdhury, S R ^a   Smith, T K ^a   Boermans, H J ^a   Sefton, A E ^b   Downey, R ^c   Woodward, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b ALLTECH INC   (United States)

^c King Cole Duck Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Duck performance; Fusarium mycotoxin; Hematology; Immune competence; Plasma chemistry

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANIMALIA; AVES; FUSARIUM; OVIS ARIES;

ANTIBODY;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; CEREAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; DUCK; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUSARIUM; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MYCOTOXICOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGING; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CEREALS; DUCKS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUSARIUM; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MYCOTOXICOSIS; POULTRY DISEASES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 25444520477     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/84.8.1179     Document Type: Article

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