Various blood parameters in commercial hens acutely and chronically infected with Mycoplasma gallisepticum and Mycoplasma synoviae

Avian Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 540-547

  Branton, S L ^a   May, J D ^a   Lott, B D ^a   Maslin, W R ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute infection; Chronic infection; Differential leukocyte count; Packed cell volume; Plasma protein

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLUS GALLUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; MYCOPLASMA SYNOVIAE;

EID: 0031194022     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1592143     Document Type: Article

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