Interaction of dietary vitamin E with Eimeria maxima infections in chickens

Poultry Science

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 41-48

  Allen, P C ^a   Fetterer, R H ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Avian coccidiosis; Malabsorption; tocopherol; tocopherol

Indexed keywords

AVES; EIMERIA; EIMERIA MAXIMA; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL ACETATE; ANTIOXIDANT; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; CHICKEN; COCCIDIOSIS; EIMERIA; INTESTINE; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHICKENS; COCCIDIOSIS; EIMERIA; INTESTINES; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POULTRY DISEASES; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0036361390     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/81.1.41     Document Type: Article

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