Differential gene expression profiles of β-defensins in the crop, intestine, and spleen using a necrotic enteritis model in 2 commercial broiler chicken lines

Poultry Science

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1081-1088

  Hong, Y H ^a   Song, W ^b   Lee, S H ^b   Lillehoj, H S ^b  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicken; Clostridium perfringens; Cytokine; Eimeria maxima; defensin

Indexed keywords

AVES; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; EIMERIA MAXIMA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 84859711275     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2011-01948     Document Type: Article

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