Performance and immune responses to dietary β-glucan in broiler chicks

Poultry Science

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1924-1933

  Cox, C M ^a   Stuard, L H ^a   Kim, S ^a   McElroy, A P ^a   Bedford, M R ^b   Dalloul, R A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AB VISTA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Broiler; Cytokine; Immunity; glucan

Indexed keywords

AVES;

BETA GLUCAN; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTESTINE; METABOLISM; VETERINARY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BETA-GLUCANS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHICKENS; DIET; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERLEUKIN-8; INTESTINES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 77958090486     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2010-00865     Document Type: Article

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