Effects of S6-strain Mycoplasma gallisepticum inoculation at 10, 22, or 45 weeks of age on the digestive and reproductive organ characteristics of commercial egg-laying hens

Poultry Science

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 825-830

  Peebles, E D ^a   Basenko, E Y ^a   Branton, S L ^b   Whitmarsh, S K ^a   Gerard, P D ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b POULTRY RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

Author keywords

Follicle; Intestine; Layer; Liver; Mycoplasma gallisepticum

Indexed keywords

AVES; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM;

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INTESTINE; LIVER; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVIDUCT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; INTESTINES; LIVER; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; OVIDUCTS; OVIPOSITION; POULTRY DISEASES;

EID: 33745071590     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/85.5.825     Document Type: Article

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