Endotoxin stress responses in chickens from different genetic lines. 1. Sickness, behavioral, and physical responses

Poultry Science

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 707-715

  Cheng, H W ^a   Freire, R ^b   Pajor, E A ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c Purdue University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Chicken; Genetic selection; Lipopolysaccharide; Physical index; Sickness behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS;

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHICKEN; ENVIRONMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; STRESS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHICKENS; ENVIRONMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; ORGAN SIZE; POULTRY DISEASES; SELECTION (GENETICS); STRESS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 3042784917     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/83.5.707     Document Type: Article

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