Prevention of broiler chick coccidiosis using the inactivated subunit vaccine Coxabic®

Bulletin of the Veterinary Institute in Pulawy

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 299-302

  Ziomko, Irena ^a   Karamon, Jacek ^a   Cencek, Tomasz ^a   Gornowicz, Ewa ^b   Skoracki, Aleksander ^c   Ashash, Udi ^d  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION   (Poland)

^c Medivet   (Poland)

^d TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS   (Israel)

Author keywords

Broiler chickens; Coccidiosis; Eimeria; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ACERVULINA; AVES; COCCIDIA; EIMERIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 27644535182     PISSN: 00424870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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