Trade-off between growth and immune function: A meta-analysis of selection experiments

Functional Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 74-80

  Van Der Most, Peter J ^a   De Jong, Berber ^a   Parmentier, Henk K ^b   Verhulst, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chicken; Cost of immunity; Ecological immunology; Effect size; Poultry; Production trait; Selection line; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; BODY MASS; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIVESTOCK FARMING; META-ANALYSIS; POULTRY; TRADE-OFF;

TURKEY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78751696556     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01800.x     Document Type: Article

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