Utility of spent Single Comb White Leghorn hens for production of polyclonal egg yolk antibody

Journal of Applied Poultry Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 679-689

  Trott, D L ^a   Yang, M ^b   Utterback, P L ^c   Utterback, C W ^c   Koelkeback, K W ^c   Cook, M E ^a  

^a Department of Nutritional Science ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Egg antibody; Immune response; Immunity; Molt

Indexed keywords

EID: 73349093478     PISSN: 10566171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/japr.2008-00142     Document Type: Article

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