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Effect of a 7 d course of daily saline (CONT) or corticosterone at dose of 5 mg/kg BW (CORT) injections on the relative weights of liver (A), thymus (B), bursa (C) and spleen (D) to the body weights of broiler chickens during the treatment course (0, 3 and 7 d after the start of injection; 21, 24 and 28 d of age) and one week after cessation of the treatment (14 d after the start of injection; 35 d of age).
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posted on 2017-02-24, 19:19 authored by Gamal M. K. Mehaisen, Mariam G. Eshak, Ahmed M. Elkaiaty, Abdel-Rahman M. M. Atta, Magdi M. Mashaly, Ahmed O. AbassBars express the mean ± SEM (n = 5). Bars of CONT and CORT groups, within each time of the treatment course, with different letters (a, b) are significantly different at P<0.05.
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CONTCORT treatmentBWTPbroiler chickensCobb broiler chicksComprehensive growth performanceintramuscular injectioncell death morphology responsesplasma biochemistrymRNA expressioninsulin-like growth factor 1 genehepatic IGF -1.broiler performancegene expressionsfT 3TWBCfeed conversion ratioFCFIASTCORT injectioncaspase -9 gene7- day courseALTcell death morphologyDGcorticosterone injection courseapoptotic cell death pathway
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