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Title of Thesis |
| Author(s) Mansur Abdullah |
| Institute/University/Department Details Department of Physiology & Pharmacology/ University of Agriculture Faisalabad |
| Session 2007 |
| Subject Veterinary Physiology |
| Number of Pages 198 |
| Keywords (Extracted from title, table of contents and abstract of thesis) immunohistochemistry, pituitary gland, immunological profiles, molted chicken, induced molting, egg quality, egg production, plasma hormones, trichrome staining, serum enzymes, cell mediated immunity |
Abstract |
| Download Full Thesis |  4296.51 KB |
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| 1 | 0 | Contents | 416.65 KB |
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| 2 | 1 | Introduction | 1 | 50.19 KB |
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| 3 | 2 | Review Of Literature | 5 | 152.25 KB |
| 2.1 | Induced Molting | 5 | ||
| 2.2 | Production Performance | 8 | ||
| 2.3 | Mortality | 11 | ||
| 2.4 | Egg Quality | 12 | ||
| 2.5 | Economics | 14 | ||
| 2.6 | Changes In Pituitary Gland | 15 | ||
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| 4 | 3 | Materials And Methods | 18 | 237.12 KB |
| 3.1 | Body Performance | 19 | ||
| 3.2 | Egg Production And Physical Properties Of Molted Eggs | 19 | ||
| 3.3 | Bacterial Count In Eggs | 22 | ||
| 3.4 | Mortality % | 23 | ||
| 3.5 | Plasma Hormones | 23 | ||
| 3.6 | Trichrome Staining Of Pituitary Gland | 26 | ||
| 3.7 | Immunohistochemistry Of Pituitary Gland | 27 | ||
| 3.8 | Cell Mediated Immunity | 31 | ||
| 3.9 | Humoral Immunity | 36 | ||
| 3.10 | Antibody Titer To Sheep Red Blood Cells | 37 | ||
| 3.11 | Concentration Of Zinc In Plasma | 38 | ||
| 3.12 | Serum Enzymes | 39 | ||
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| 5 | 4 | Results | 42 | 2061.98 KB |
| 4.1 | Body And Organ Weight Ratio | 42 | ||
| 4.2 | Egg Production And Physical Properties Of Molted Eggs | 46 | ||
| 4.3 | Bacterial Count In Eggs | 54 | ||
| 4.4 | Mortality Percentage | 54 | ||
| 4.5 | Plasma Hormones | 56 | ||
| 4.6 | Trichrome Staining Of Pituitary Gland | 59 | ||
| 4.7 | Immunohistochemistry Of Pituitary Gland | 74 | ||
| 4.8 | Cell Mediated Immunity | 88 | ||
| 4.9 | Humoral Immunity | 107 | ||
| 4.10 | Serum Antibody To Sheep Red Blood | 112 | ||
| 4.11 | Plasma Zinc Concentration | 114 | ||
| 4.12 | Serum Enzymes | 114 | ||
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| 6 | 5 | Discussion | 117 | 216.7 KB |
| 5.1 | Response Of Birds To Molting | 117 | ||
| 5.2 | Production And Physical Properties Of Molted Eggs | 119 | ||
| 5.3 | Bacterial Count In Eggs | 121 | ||
| 5.4 | Mortality Percentage | 122 | ||
| 5.5 | Serum Hormones | 122 | ||
| 5.6 | Trichrome Staining Of Pituitary Gland | 123 | ||
| 5.7 | Immunohistochemistry Of Pituitary Gland | 125 | ||
| 5.8 | Cell Mediated Immunity | 126 | ||
| 5.9 | Humoral Immunity | 132 | ||
| 5.10 | Antibody Titer To Sheep Red Blood Cells | 132 | ||
| 5.11 | Plasma Zinc Concentration | 134 | ||
| 5.12 | Serum Enzymes | 134 | ||
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| 7 | 6 | Summary | 135 | 1411.63 KB |
| 6.1 | Conclusion | 138 | ||
| 6.2 | Literature Cited | 139 | ||
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