Residual feed intake and its effect on Salmonella enteritidis infection in growing layer hens

Poultry Science

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1904-1910

  Van Eerden, E ^a   Van Den Brand, H ^a   De Vries Reilingh, G ^a   Parmentier, H K ^a   De Jong, M C M ^a   Kemp, B ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chicken; Immune response; Reallocation; Residual feed intake; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTERITIDIS; GALLUS GALLUS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING; EGG LAYING; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; EATING; FECES; FEMALE; OVIPOSITION; POULTRY DISEASES; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

EID: 4444325828     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/83.11.1904     Document Type: Article

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