Expression of avian β-defensins and Toll-like receptor genes in the rooster epididymis during growth and Salmonella infection

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 140, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 224-231

  Anastasiadou, M ^a   Avdi, M ^a   Michailidis, G ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Avian defensins; Chicken; Epididymis; Salmonella; Sexual maturation; Toll like receptor

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN; MESSENGER RNA; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; AVIAN Β-DEFENSINS; BIRD DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; EPIDIDYMIS; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SEXUAL MATURATION;

AVIAN Β-DEFENSINS; CHICKEN; EPIDIDYMIS; SALMONELLA; SEXUAL MATURATION; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR;

ANIMALS; BETA-DEFENSINS; CHICKENS; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; POULTRY DISEASES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

AVES; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84881368388     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2013.06.006     Document Type: Article

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