Carotenoids modulate the effect of coccidian infection on the condition and immune response in moulting house sparrows

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 3228-3235

  László, Péter ^a,b   Pap, Csongor István Vágási ^a,b   Czirják, Gábor Arpád ^c,d   Titilincu, Adriana ^c   Pintea, Adela ^c   Barta, Zoltán ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Romania)

^d Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique   (France)

Author keywords

Aviary; Carotenoid supplementation; Experimental infection; Humoral immune response; Lsospora; Passer domesticus

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; COCCIDIOSTATIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MOLTING; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPARROW;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; CAROTENOIDS; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; COCCIDIOSTATS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; MOLTING; SPARROWS;

AVES; COCCIDIA; OVIS ARIES; PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 70349959744     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.031948     Document Type: Article

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