Efficacy of Diclazuril in comparison with chemical and ionophorous anticoccidials against Eimeria spp. in broiler chickens in floor pens

Poultry Science

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 426-430

  Conway, D P ^a   Mathis, G F ^b   Johnson, J ^b   Schwartz, M ^c   Baldwin, C ^c,d  

^a Conway Associates ^*  (United States)

^b Southern Poultry Research   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoccidial; Chicken; Diclazuril; Eimeria spp.

Indexed keywords

ACERVULINA; AVES; EIMERIA; EIMERIA ACERVULINA; EIMERIA MAXIMA; EIMERIA TENELLA; GALLUS GALLUS;

COCCIDIOSTATIC AGENT; DICLAZURIL; IONOPHORE; NITRILE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; COCCIDIOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EIMERIA; FEMALE; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; COCCIDIOSIS; COCCIDIOSTATS; EIMERIA; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; IONOPHORES; MALE; NITRILES; POULTRY DISEASES; TRIAZINES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0035320645     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/80.4.426     Document Type: Article

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