Biological response of chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) induced by corticosterone and a bacterial endotoxin

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 324-333

  Shini, Shaniko ^a   Kaiser, Pete ^b   Shini, Agim ^a   Bryden, Wayne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chickens; Corticosterone; Immune response; Lipopolysaccharide (LPS); Plasma metabolites; Stress

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CORTICOSTERONE; CYTOKINE; ENDOTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS VIRUS; BODY GROWTH; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN SIZE; SYNOVIAL BURSA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

AVIAN INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS VIRUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 37349044287     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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