Leucocyte profiles and H/L ratios in chicks of Red-tailed Tropicbirds reflect the ontogeny of the immune system

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 641-648

  Dehnhard, Nina ^a   Quillfeldt, Petra ^a   Hennicke, Janos C ^b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

H L ratio; Leucocyte profiles; Ontogeny of immune system; Tropical seabirds

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AGING; ANIMALS; BIRDS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; LYMPHOCYTES; NEUTROPHILS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PHAETHONTIDAE;

EID: 79959250899     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-010-0548-9     Document Type: Article

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