Eimeria infections in litter-based, high stocking density systems for loose-housed laying hens in Sweden

British Poultry Science

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 440-447

  Lunden, A ^a   Thebo, P ^a   Gunnarsson, S ^a   Hooshmand Rad, P ^a   Tauson, R ^a   Uggla, A ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPROLIUM; COCCIDIOSTATIC AGENT; ETHOPABATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EIMERIA; FECES; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTESTINE MUCOSA; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWEDEN;

AMPROLIUM; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; COCCIDIOSIS; COCCIDIOSTATS; EIMERIA; ETHOPABATE; FECES; FEMALE; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POULTRY DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWEDEN;

EID: 0034266531     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713654973     Document Type: Article

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