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The Effect of Cooled Perches on Immunological Parameters of Caged White Leghorn Hens during the Hot Summer Months

The objective of this study was to determine if thermally cooled perches improve hen immunity during hot summer. White Leghorn pullets at 16 week of age were randomly assigned to 18 cages of 3 banks at 9 hens per cage. Each bank was assigned to 1 of the 3 treatments up to 32 week of age: 1) thermall...

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Autores principales: Strong, Rebecca A., Hester, Patricia Y., Eicher, Susan D., Hu, Jiaying, Cheng, Heng-Wei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4619709/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26495988
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141215