Analysis of disease resistance-associated parameters in broiler chickens challenged with Eimeria maxima

Poultry Science

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 619-625

  Zhu, J J ^a   Lillehoj, H S ^a   Allen, P C ^a   Yun, C H ^a   Pollock, D ^b   Sadjadi, M ^b   Emara, M G ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Perdue Farms Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian coccidiosis; Correlation; Dose effect; Infection index; Sex effect

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; GAMMA INTERFERON; NITRATE; NITRITE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; COCCIDIOSIS; EIMERIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GERMFREE ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CAROTENOIDS; CHICKENS; COCCIDIOSIS; EIMERIA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; INTERFERON TYPE II; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NITRATES; NITRITES; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POULTRY DISEASES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

EID: 0034181605     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/79.5.619     Document Type: Article

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