The Avian Reproductive Immune System

Avian Immunology: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 265-274

  Wigley, Paul ^a   Barrow, Paul ^b   Schat, Karel A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Avian leukosis virus; B Lymphocyte; Chicken infectious anemia virus; IgA; Ovary; Oviduct; Salmonella; Toll like receptor; defensin; lymphocyte

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902234414     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-396965-1.00015-7     Document Type: Chapter

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