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

Poultry Science

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1884-1891

  Burnham, M R ^a   Peebles, E D ^a   Branton, S L ^c   Jones, M S ^a   Gerard, P D ^a   Maslin, W R ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Layer; Liver; Mycoplasma gallisepticum; Reproductive tract; Small intestine

Indexed keywords

AVES; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM;

LIPID;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIRD DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; INTESTINE; LIVER; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVIDUCT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VAGINA;

AGING; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; INTESTINES; LIPIDS; LIVER; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; OVIDUCTS; POULTRY DISEASES; VAGINA;

EID: 0036985121     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/81.12.1884     Document Type: Article

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