Does enhancement of specific immune responses predispose laying hens for feather pecking?

Poultry Science

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 536-542

  Parmentier, H K ^a   Rodenburg, T B ^a   de vries Reilingh, G ^a   Beerda, B ^a   Kemp, B ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chicken; Feather pecking; Human serum albumin; Intratracheal; Pathogen associated molecular pattern

Indexed keywords

AVES;

ANTIBODY; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHICKEN; DOSE RESPONSE; FEATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INJURY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODY FORMATION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHICKENS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; SERUM ALBUMIN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 63849099872     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2008-00424     Document Type: Article

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