Effect of higher levels of dietary selenium on production performance and immune responses in growing Japanese quail

British Poultry Science

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 511-515

  Biswas, A ^a   Mohan, J ^a   Sastry, K V H ^a  

^a CENTRAL AVIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BURSA FABRICII; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTURNIX; DIET; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPLEEN; THYMUS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BURSA OF FABRICIUS; COTURNIX; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; SELENIUM; SPLEEN; THYMUS GLAND; WEIGHT GAIN;

COTURNIX JAPONICA; OVIS ARIES; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 33747217485     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: 14661799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660600830629     Document Type: Article

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