The effects of F strain mycoplasma gallisepticum, mycoplasma synoviae, and the dual infection in commercial layer hens over a 44-week laying cycle when challenged before beginning of lay. II. Egg size distribution

Avian Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 326-330

  Branton, S L ^a   Lott, B D ^a   May, J D ^a   Maslin, W R ^b   Pharr, G T ^b   Brown, J E ^b   Boykin, D L ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicken; Egg size; F strain; M. gallisepticum; M. synoviae; Pullet; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; MYCOPLASMA SYNOVIAE;

EID: 0033120956     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1592625     Document Type: Article

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