The use of diclazuril in extended withdrawal anticoccidial programs: 1. Efficacy against Eimeria spp. in broiler chickens in floor pens

Poultry Science

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 349-352

  Conway, D P ^a   Mathis, G F ^b   Lang, M ^b  

^a Conway Associates ^*  (United States)

^b Southern Poultry Research   (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; NITRILE; PYRAN DERIVATIVE; SALINOMYCIN; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCCIDIOSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; EIMERIA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGING; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; COCCIDIOSIS; COCCIDIOSTATS; DIET; EIMERIA; HOUSING, ANIMAL; NITRILES; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POULTRY DISEASES; PYRANS; TRIAZINES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0036512584     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/81.3.349     Document Type: Article

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