Sporulation of Eimeria maxima oocysts in litter with different moisture contents

Poultry Science

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1412-1415

  Waldenstedt, L ^a   Elwinger, K ^a   Lunden A ^a   Thebo, P ^a   Uggla, A ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coccidia; Litter; Moisture; Oocysts; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CHICKEN; EIMERIA; FECES; HUMIDITY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; WOOD;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; EIMERIA; FECES; HUMIDITY; OXYGEN; SPORES; TIME FACTORS; WATER; WOOD;

EID: 0035486860     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/80.10.1412     Document Type: Article

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