A comparison of the immune response of 2003 commercial Turkeys and a 1966 randombred strain when fed representative 2003 and 1966 Turkey diets

Poultry Science

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 241-248

  Cheema, M A ^a   Qureshi, M A ^b   Havenstein, G B ^a   Ferket, P R ^a   Nestor, K E ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Genetic change; Immunological change; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ P; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ-P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BURSA FABRICII; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; SHEEP; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BURSA OF FABRICIUS; DIET; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; SHEEP; TURKEYS;

EID: 33947511261     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/86.2.241     Document Type: Article

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