Effect of the naked neck gene on carcase composition and immunocompetence in chicken

British Poultry Science

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-110

  Fathi, M M ^a   El Attar, A H ^a   Ali, U M ^a   Nazmi, A ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHICKEN; CYTOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEATHER; FEMALE; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTOLOGY; HOMOZYGOTE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MEAT; ORGAN SIZE; SHEEP;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICKENS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEATHERS; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LEUKOCYTES; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MEAT; ORGAN SIZE; SHEEP;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 42149145514     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: 14661799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660802005137     Document Type: Article

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