Details

Title

The effect of propolis and bee pollen on the morphology of central lymphoid organs in broilers in course of natural infection with Salmonella enteritidis

Journal title

Polish Journal of Veterinary Sciences

Yearbook

2025

Volume

vol. 28

Issue

No 4

Authors

Affiliation

Babińska, I. : Department of Pathophysiology, Forensic Veterinary Medicine and Administration, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego 13, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland ; Kleczek, K. : Department of Commodity Science and Animal Improvement, Faculty of Animal Bioengineering, University Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego 5, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland ; Makowski, W. : Department of Commodity Science and Animal Improvement, Faculty of Animal Bioengineering, University Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego 5, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland

Keywords

bee pollen ; bursa of Fabricius ; chicken ; histopathology ; propolis ; splee ; thymus

Divisions of PAS

Nauki Biologiczne i Rolnicze

Coverage

617–623

Publisher

Polish Academy of Sciences Committee of Veterinary Sciences ; University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

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Date

12.12.2025

Type

Article

Identifier

DOI: 10.24425/pjvs.2025.157276
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