Circulating levels of acute-phase proteins, heat shock protein 70, and corticosterone in the serum of developing chick embryos and newly hatched broiler chicks
Acute-phase proteins (APPs) are known to mediate the body's first line of defence against external insults in poultry and there is a growing interest to use the proteins to diagnose poultry health and physiological status. However, there is no report describing APPs during the prenatal and neon...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2021-01-01
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Series: | Italian Journal of Animal Science |
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1828051X.2021.1978879 |