Article
Responses of dwarf and normal chickens to feed restriction, Eimeria tenella infection, and sheep red blood cell antigen.
Poultry science - 1 Sept 1993
Zulkifli I, Dunnington E A, Gross W B, Larsen A S, Martin A, Siegel P B
Abstract excerpt
Relationships among stress responses, habituation to feed restriction, resistance to Eimeria tenella, and antibody response to SRBC were studied in dwarf and normal White Plymouth Rocks. Transfer of chicks at 22 days of age from starter to developer batteries resulted in an increase within 24 h of heterophil:lymphocyte (H:L) ratios of chicks of both genotypes. Restriction of feed intake from ad libitum (AL) to...
Topics
- Age Factors
- Animals
- Antibodies
- Body Constitution
- Chickens
- Coccidiosis
- Eimeria tenella
- Erythrocytes
- Food Deprivation
- Genotype
- Sheep
- Stress, Physiological