Effects of density and perch availability on the immune status of broilers

RA Heckert, I Estevez, E Russek-Cohen, R Pettit-Riley - Poultry Science, 2002 - Elsevier
This study attempted to evaluate the effect of various housing densities and perch
availability on the immune status of commercial broilers. Birds were raised from hatch to 42 …

Relationship between the level of dietary vitamin E and the immune response of broiler chickens

TV Leshchinsky, KC Klasing - Poultry Science, 2001 - Elsevier
The relationship between the dietary level of vitamin E (VE) and the immune response of
broilers was studied in three experiments. Immunity was assessed as antibody production to …

The effect of bee honey on the proliferative activity of human B-and T-lymphocytes and the activity of phagocytes

N Abuharfeil, R Al-Oran… - Food and agricultural …, 1999 - Taylor & Francis
The effect of bee honey (BH) taken from Apis melifica on human peripheral blood
lymphocytes and neutrophils was studied using lymphocyte blastogenic 3-[4, 5 …

Effects of yellow mealworm larvae (Tenebrio molitor) inclusion in diets for female broiler chickens: implications for animal health and gut histology

I Biasato, L Gasco, M De Marco, M Renna… - Animal Feed Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the animal performance, haematochemical
parameters, intestinal morphology and histological features of broiler chickens fed diets …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of stocking density on growth performance, carcass yield, and immune status of a local chicken breed

HB Tong, J Lu, JM Zou, Q Wang, SR Shi - Poultry science, 2012 - Elsevier
An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of stocking density on growth
performance, carcass yield, and immune status of a local chicken breed. In total, 840 one …

El rol de la miel en los procesos morfofisiológicos de reparación de heridas

C Schencke, B Vásquez, C Sandoval… - International Journal of …, 2016 - SciELO Chile
Los beneficios de la miel de abeja (Apis mellifera) se conocen desde hace miles de años y
ha sido utilizada en la antigüedad por su valor nutritivo y medicinal siendo" redescubierta" …

Analysis of avian lymphocyte proliferation by a new, simple, nonradioactive assay (lympho-pro)

RM Gogal Jr, SA Ahmed, CT Larsen - Avian diseases, 1997 - JSTOR
An assessment of T-cell-mediated immune functions (ie, lymphocyte proliferation assay) in
the chicken, unlike the determination of antibody levels, is not routinely performed. This is …

Effects of β-glucan supplementation on lymphocyte proliferation, macrophage chemotaxis and specific immune responses in broilers

YH Cheng, DN Lee, CM Wen… - Asian-Australasian Journal …, 2004 - animbiosci.org
Immunomodulatory feed additives might offer alternatives to antimicrobial growth promoters
in poultry production. This experiment was carried out to test the effect of-glucan …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of a perch, dust bath, and nest box, either alone or in combination as used in furnished cages, on the welfare of laying hens

JL Barnett, R Tauson, JA Downing, V Janardhana… - Poultry Science, 2009 - Elsevier
This experiment examined the welfare-related effects of individual furniture items alone or in
combination in a factorial experiment using Hy-Line Brown hens housed in 8-bird furnished …

Context‐dependent effects of yolk androgens on nestling growth and immune function in a multibrooded passerine

J Muriel, P Salmón, A Nunez‐Buiza… - Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Female birds may adjust their offspring phenotype to the specific requirements of the
environment by differential allocation of physiologically active substances into yolks, such as …