Stocking density and physiological adaptive responses of broilers

Poultry Science

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 819-824

  Thaxton, J P ^a   Dozier III, W A ^b   Branton, S L ^b   Morgan, G W ^a   Miles, D W ^c   Roush, W B ^b   Lott, B D ^a   Vizzier Thaxton, Y ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b POULTRY RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

^c Agriculture Research Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Corticosterone; Glucose; Heterophil:lymphocyte ratio; Stocking density

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CORTICOSTERONE; NITRITE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; CHOLESTEROL; CORTICOSTERONE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LINEAR MODELS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NITRITES; POPULATION DENSITY; STRESS;

EID: 33745085952     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/85.5.819     Document Type: Article

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