Three Enzymes Newly Identified from the Genus Eimeria and Two More Newly Identified from E. maxima, Leading to the Discovery of Some Aliphatic Acids with Activity against Coccidia of the Domesticated Fowl

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 151-163

  Williams, R B ^a,b  

^a WELLCOME RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United Kingdom)

^b Schering Plough Animal Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aliphatic acids; Anticoccidial agents; Chickens; Coccidia; Eimeria; Enzymes; Oocysts

Indexed keywords

COCCIDIA; EIMERIA; EIMERIA TENELLA; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS;

5' NUCLEOTIDASE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; COCCIDIOSTATIC AGENT; CREATINE KINASE; CYTOSOL AMINOPEPTIDASE; FATTY ACID; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; HYDROXYBUTYRATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; COCCIDIOSIS; EIMERIA TENELLA; ENZYMOLOGY; FECES; PARASITOLOGY;

5'-NUCLEOTIDASE; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CHICKENS; COCCIDIOSIS; COCCIDIOSTATS; CREATINE KINASE; EIMERIA TENELLA; FATTY ACIDS; FECES; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; HYDROXYBUTYRATE DEHYDROGENASE; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LEUCYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; POULTRY DISEASES;

EID: 0033124394     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006273500290     Document Type: Article

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