Effects of bee venom treatment on growth performance of young pigs

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 253-260

  Han, Sang Mi ^a   Lee, Kwang Gill ^a   Yeo, Joo Hong ^a   Hwang, Sung Jin ^b   Jang, Chul Ho ^c   Chenoweth, Peter J ^d   Pak, Sok Cheon ^e  

^a National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^c Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^d CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Apipuncture; Immune system; Melittin; Phospholipase A2

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; APAMIN; BEE VENOM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MELITTIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; GROWTH; HONEYBEE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; JUGULAR VEIN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; NONHUMAN; PIGLET; SURVIVAL; SWINE; VEIN PUNCTURE; VENOUS BLOOD;

ANIMALS; BEE VENOMS; GROWTH; SWINE;

EID: 65449169148     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X09006813     Document Type: Article

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