Effects of F-strain Mycoplasma gallisepticum inoculation at twelve weeks of age on performance and egg characteristics of commercial egg-laying hens

Poultry Science

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1478-1485

  Burnham, M R ^a   Branton, S L ^b   Peebles, E D ^a   Lott, B D ^a   Gerard, P D ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Albumen; Egg production; Mycoplasma gallisepticum; Shell; Yolk

Indexed keywords

AVES; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM;

OVALBUMIN;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; EATING; EGG; EGG LAYING; EGG SHELL; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; EATING; EGG SHELL; EGG YOLK; EGGS; FEMALE; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; OVALBUMIN; OVIPOSITION; POULTRY DISEASES;

EID: 0036780411     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/81.10.1478     Document Type: Article

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