Comparison of immune responses of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) hyper-and hypo-responsive genotypes of chickens

International Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 280-286

  Fathi, Moataz M ^a   Ali, R A ^b   Qureshi, M A ^b  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chickens; Genotypes; Immune functions; INOS

Indexed keywords

EID: 26944486050     PISSN: 16828356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2003.280.286     Document Type: Article

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