Effects of bursectomy and thymectomy on the development of resistance to Cryptosporidium baileyi in chickens

Parasitology Research

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 174-177

  Sreter T ^a   Varga, I ^a   Bekesi L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BURSECTOMY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST; THYMECTOMY;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CHICKENS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMECTOMY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BAILEYI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BAILEYI; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0030030220     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050090     Document Type: Article

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