Effect of lighting stress on fluctuating asymmetry, heterophil-to- lymphocyte ratio, and tonic immobility duration in eleven breeds of chickens

Poultry Science

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-45

  Campo, J L ^a   Gil, M G ^a   Davila S G ^a   Munoz I ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fluctuating asymmetry; Heterophil to lymphocyte ratio; Light; Stress; Tonic immobility

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 33845897357     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/86.1.37     Document Type: Article

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