Effects of β-carotene on adult immune condition and antibacterial activity in the eggs of the Grey Partridge, Perdix perdix

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1038-1046

  Cucco, Marco ^a   Guasco, Beatrice ^a   Malacarne, Giorgio ^a   Ottonelli, Roberta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adult health; Egg quality; Immunity; Lysozyme; Maternal effects; Perdix; carotene

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; LIPID; LYSOZYME; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EGG; EGG YOLK; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HATCHING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERDIX PERDIX;

AVES; PERDIX; PERDIX PERDIX;

EID: 34249658424     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.03.014     Document Type: Article

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