Histomoniasis in the bursa of Fabricius of chickens

Avian Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 711-715

  Cortes, Portia L ^a   Chin, R P ^a   Bland, Mark C ^b   Crespo, Rocio ^a   Shivaprasad, H L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blackhead; Bursa of Fabricius; Chicken; Heterakis; Histomoniasis

Indexed keywords

FABRICIUS; GALLUS GALLUS; HETERAKIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BURSA FABRICII; CASE REPORT; CHICKEN; FATALITY; HISTOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BURSA OF FABRICIUS; CALIFORNIA; CHICKENS; FATAL OUTCOME; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; POULTRY DISEASES; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS;

EID: 13744254098     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/7175-030404R     Document Type: Article

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