Interactive Effects of Betaine and Monensin in Uninfected and Eimeria acervulina-Infected Chicks

Poultry Science

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1014-1019

  Matthews, J O ^a   Ward, T L ^a,b   Southern, L L ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Research and Technology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Betaine; Chicks; Coccidia; Growth; Monensin

Indexed keywords

ACERVULINA; COCCIDIA; EIMERIA; EIMERIA ACERVULINA; GALLUS GALLUS; GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

BETAINE; CAROTENOID; COCCIDIOSTATIC AGENT; LIPOTROPIC AGENT; MONENSIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; CHICKEN; COCCIDIOSIS; DIET; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INTERACTION; EATING; EIMERIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BETAINE; CAROTENOIDS; CHICKENS; COCCIDIOSIS; COCCIDIOSTATS; DIET; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EATING; EIMERIA; LIPOTROPIC AGENTS; MALE; MONENSIN; POULTRY DISEASES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031180391     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/76.7.1014     Document Type: Article

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