Incubation temperature and post-hatch stress effects on immune parameters, immune system development, and performance in commercial broilers
Broiler performance is dependent on immunocompetency and the ability to respond to environmental challenges. Incubation temperature, post-hatch transportation, and vaccination may impose stress upon the embryo and post-hatch chick and impact immune system development and lifetime performance of the...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34605 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08172009-073906/ |