Effects of stress associated with weaning on the adaptive immune system in pigs

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 649-656

  Kick, A R ^a,b   Tompkins, M B ^a   Flowers, W L ^a   Whisnant, C S ^a   Almond, G W ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Immune cell; Pig; Weaning

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUCKLING ANIMAL; SWINE; T LYMPHOCYTE; WEANING;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HYDROCORTISONE; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SWINE; T-LYMPHOCYTES; WEANING;

EID: 84856296764     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2010-3470     Document Type: Article

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