Eimeria acervulina: Influence of corticosterone-induced immunosuppression on oocyst shedding and production characteristics in broilers, and correlation with a computer simulation model

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 70, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 47-59

  Graat, E A M ^a   Ploeger, H W ^a   Henken, A M ^a   Braunius, W W ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chicken protozoa; Eimeria ocervulina; Immunity Protozoa; Production systems

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; MITOGENIC AGENT; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHICKEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EIMERIA; EXCRETION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE IMMUNITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BODY WEIGHT; BURSA OF FABRICIUS; CAROTENOIDS; CHICKENS; COCCIDIOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORTICOSTERONE; EIMERIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; POULTRY DISEASES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPLEEN;

ACERVULINA; ANIMALIA; EIMERIA; EIMERIA ACERVULINA; GALLUS GALLUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0030790921     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(96)01138-7     Document Type: Article

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