Selection and development of a Spanish precocious strain of Eimeria necatrix

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 169-183

  Montes, C ^a   Rojo, F ^b   Hidalgo, R ^b   Ferre, I ^b   Badiola, C ^a  

^a Medical affairs Merck sharp and Dohme ltd   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chicken protozoa; Eimeria necatrix; Immunity; Life cycles; Pathogenicity; Precocious strain; Reproductivity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EIMERIA; FECES ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOGENICITY; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE ISOLATION; PATHOGENICITY; SCHIZONT; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CECUM; CHICKENS; COCCIDIOSIS; EIMERIA; FECES; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POULTRY DISEASES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SERIAL PASSAGE; SPAIN;

EID: 0032437787     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(98)00125-3     Document Type: Article

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