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Interactions between the immune system, stress and thymulin

Creator:

Christian, Richard L., (Richard Leroy), 1971-

Abstract:

This study was conducted to determine the effects of shipping stress on the immune system in domestic lambs (Ovis aries) and to determine the potential of the thymic peptide, thymulin, to reduce those effects of stress on the immune system. Treatments consisted of no shipping (as unstressed controls), shipping (as...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Richard L. Christian for the degree of Master of Science in Animal