Article
Food restriction early or later in life and its effect on adaptability, disease resistance, and immunocompetence of heat-stressed dwarf and nondwarf chickens.
British poultry science - 1 May 1994
Zulkifli I, Dunnington E A, Gross W B, Siegel P B
Abstract excerpt
1. Dwarf and nondwarf chickens placed under 60% food restriction from either 4 to 6 (early) or 24 to 26 (late) days of age were exposed to high ambient temperatures (35 +/- 2 degrees C) from 36 to 43 d of age. 2. As measured by heterophil/lymphocyte (H/L) ratios, stress response to food restricti...
Topics
- Animals
- Body Weight
- Chickens
- Diet
- Disease Susceptibility
- Energy Intake
- Female
- Genotype
- Growth
- Hot Temperature
- Immunocompetence
- Leukocyte Count
- Leukocytes
- Lymphocytes
- Male
- Species Specificity