Impact of fresh or used litter on the posthatch immune system of commercial broilers

Avian Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 539-544

  Lee, K W ^a   Lillehoj, H S ^a   Lee, S H ^a   Jang, S I ^a   Ritter, G Donald ^b   Bautista, D A ^c   Lillehoj, E P ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b MOUNTAIRE FARMS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

broiler chicken; immunity; poultry litter

Indexed keywords

MITOGENIC AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BUILDING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICKEN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EIMERIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; SPLEEN; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICKENS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; EIMERIA; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INTESTINES; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MITOGENS; NITRIC OXIDE; SPLEEN; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84055212341     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/9695-022511-Reg.1     Document Type: Article

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