Effect of Betaine on the Growth Performance of Chicks Inoculated with Mixed Cultures of Avian Eimeria Species and on Invasion and Development of Eimeria tenella and Eimeria acervulina in Vitro and in Vivo

Poultry Science

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 802-809

  Augustine, P C ^a   Mcnaughton, J L ^b   Virtanen, E ^c   Rosi, L ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b PARC Institute Inc   (United States)

^c Danisco Finland Oy   (Finland)

Author keywords

Betaine; Chicken; Coccidiosis; Growth performance; Parasite development

Indexed keywords

ACERVULINA; AVES; EIMERIA; EIMERIA ACERVULINA; EIMERIA TENELLA; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS;

BETAINE; COCCIDIOSTATIC AGENT; LIPOTROPIC AGENT; PYRAN DERIVATIVE; SALINOMYCIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CELL CULTURE; CHICKEN; COCCIDIOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INTERACTION; EIMERIA; EIMERIA TENELLA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN VITRO STUDY; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE; KIDNEY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION;

ANIMALS; BETAINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICKENS; COCCIDIOSIS; COCCIDIOSTATS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EIMERIA; EIMERIA TENELLA; INCIDENCE; INTESTINES; KIDNEY; LIPOTROPIC AGENTS; MALE; POULTRY DISEASES; PYRANS; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0031157127     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/76.6.802     Document Type: Article

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