Memory antibody responses of broiler and leghorn chickens as influenced by dietary vitamin E and route of sheep red blood cell administration

Poultry Science

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-177

  Boa Amponsem, K ^a,d   Picard, M ^b   Blair, M E ^c   Meldrum, B ^a   Siegel, P B ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c Adisseo Inc   (United States)

^d West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Antibody response; Body weight; Chicken; Genetic stock; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS; OVIS ARIES;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CHICKEN; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CHICKENS; DIET; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNIZATION, SECONDARY; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; SHEEP; VITAMIN E;

EID: 33645738471     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/85.2.173     Document Type: Article

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