Effects of mushroom and herb polysaccharides on cellular and humoral immune responses of Eimeria tenella-infected chickens

Poultry Science

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1124-1132

  Guo, F C ^a,c   Kwakkel, R P ^a   Williams, B A ^a   Parmentier, H K ^a   Li, W K ^b   Yang, Z Q ^c   Verstegen, M W A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Gansu Animal Health Service   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Cellular immunity; Herb; Humoral immunity; Mushroom; Polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; AVES; BASIDIOMYCOTA; EIMERIA; EIMERIA TENELLA; GALLUS GALLUS; LENTINULA EDODES; LENTINUS; LENTINUS EDODES; TREMELLA FUCIFORMIS;

EID: 4444321828     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/83.7.1124     Document Type: Article

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