Protective roles of free avian respiratory macrophages in captive birds

In the mammalian lung, respiratory macrophages provide front line defense against invading pathogens and particulate matter. In birds, respiratory macrophages are known as free avian respiratory macrophages (FARM) and a dearth of the cells in the avian lung has been purported to foreordain a weak fi...

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Main Authors: Mutua,Mbuvi P., Muya,Shadrack, Gicheru,Muita M.
Language:English
Published: Sociedad de Biología de Chile 2016
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602016000100029
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