Avian coccidiosis. A review of acquired intestinal immunity and vaccination strategies

Avian Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 408-425

  Lillehoj, Hyun S ^a   Lillehoj, Erik P ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Dexall Biomedical Laboratories Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicken; Eimeria; Immunity; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL STIMULATION; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; COCCIDIOSIS; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNITY; INTERLEUKIN 2; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; VACCINATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; EIMERIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0034045751     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1592556     Document Type: Review

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