Effect of early life thermal conditioning and immune challenge on thermotolerance and humoral immune competence in adult laying hens

Poultry Science

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2253-2261

  Star, L ^a   Juul Madsen, H R ^b   Decuypere, E ^a,c   Nieuwland, M G B ^a   de Vries Reilingh, G ^a   van den Brand, H ^a   Kemp, B ^a   Parmentier, H K ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^c LABORATORY OF GENE TECHNOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antibody; Early life experience; Heat stress; Lipopolysaccharide; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350309350     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2008-00373     Document Type: Article

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