An Assessment of the Relationship among Oxidative Stress, Adaptive Immunity and Genetic Variations in the Chicken, Gallus gallus
Oxidative stress (OS) has been associated with aging and age-related diseases in humans, as well as with the decline in economic trait performance in poultry and other domesticated animals. However, the potential effects of OS on the poultry immune system are not well understood. In addition, the im...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29040 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09202010-105139/ |