HETEROPHIL TO LYMPHOCYTE RATIOS DURING PERINATAL AND NEONATAL STAGES IN CHICKENS

Authors
ZULKIFLI I SIEGEL PB
Citation
I. Zulkifli et Pb. Siegel, HETEROPHIL TO LYMPHOCYTE RATIOS DURING PERINATAL AND NEONATAL STAGES IN CHICKENS, British Poultry Science, 35(2), 1994, pp. 309-313
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture Dairy & AnumalScience
Journal title
British Poultry Science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00071668
Volume
35
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
309 - 313
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-1668(1994)35:2<309:HTLRDP>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
1. Heterophils (H) and lymphocytes (L) were measured in embryos that h ad pipped into the air cell and through the shell, and in chicks from 0-d-old to 8 d of age. 2. Numbers of lymphocytes in the perinatal stag es were very low with H:L ratios greater than 5.0. 3. Posthatching H:L ratios decreased in a quadratic manner from 1.76 at hatch to 0.39 on day 8.