Pathogenesis of eimeria colchici in the intestine of chickens and the related immune response

Acta Veterinaria Brno

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 191-196

  Looszova A ^a   Revajova V ^a   Levkut, M ^b   Pistl, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

^b Department of Microbiology and Immunology ^*  (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Eimeria colchici; Experimental infection; Flow cytometry; Immunity; Intestine; Subsets; T cell

Indexed keywords

EID: 12244253549     PISSN: 00017213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2754/avb200170020191     Document Type: Article

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