A protective effect of vitamin E and selenium in ameliorating the immunotoxicity of malathion in chicks

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 935-942

  Sodhi, Sandip ^a   Sharma, A ^a   Brar, R S ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bursa of Fabricius; Chicks; Circulatory immune complexes; Immunoglobulins; Selenium; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MALATHION; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BURSA FABRICII; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; BURSA OF FABRICIUS; CHICKENS; DIET; GONADS; HEART; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALATHION; ORGAN SIZE; POULTRY DISEASES; SELENIUM; VITAMIN E;

EID: 33846699822     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11259-006-2503-5     Document Type: Article

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