Early embryonic surgical bursectomy : an investigation of some aspects of the avian immune system

Surgical removal of presumptive bursal tissue at 72 hr in ovo results in high mortality before hatching and low survival in the first week thereafter. The viable chicks are underweight and usually remain so. Both the spleen and thymus of the bursectomized (Bx) chicks are reduced in size and lymphoid...

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Main Author: Sparks, Esta Madeleine Frances
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/32564