The impact of natural helminth infections and supplementary protein on growth performance of free-range chickens on smallholder farms in El Sauce, Nicaragua

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 229-244

  Skallerup, Per ^a,b   Luna, Luz A ^c,d   Johansen, Maria V ^b   Kyvsgaard, Niels C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^c Proyecto de Investigación Avícola   (Nicaragua)

^d Universidad Nacional Agraria   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Anthelmintics; Chickens; Nicaragua; On farm research; Proteins; Supplementary feeding; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HELMINTH; MALE; METABOLISM; NICARAGUA; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; SORGHUM;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; DIETARY PROTEINS; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; MALE; NICARAGUA; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POULTRY DISEASES; SORGHUM; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

ASCARIDIA; ASCARIDIA GALLI; AVES; CESTODA; GALLI; GALLUS GALLUS; GLYCINE MAX; HETERAKIS GALLINARUM; VERMES;

EID: 19544373812     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2005.02.003     Document Type: Article

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