Comparison Between Effects of Standard Feed and Whole Wheat Supplemented Diet on Experimental Eimeria tenella and Eimeria maxima Infections in Broiler Chickens

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 461-471

  Waldenstedt, L ^a   Elwinger, K ^a   Hooshmand Rad, P ^a   Thebo, P ^a   Uggla, A ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

broilers; coarse structure; coccidiosis; parasites

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CECUM; CHICKEN; COCCIDIOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EIMERIA; EIMERIA TENELLA; FECES; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; WEIGHT GAIN; WHEAT;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CECUM; CHICKENS; COCCIDIOSIS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EIMERIA; EIMERIA TENELLA; FECES; FEMALE; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POULTRY DISEASES; TRITICUM; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0032245901     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: 17510147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03547772     Document Type: Article

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