Characterization of microneme-2 (EtMIC-2) gene of eimeria tenella guangdong strain

International Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 133-138

  Bashar, Ahmed Elhag ^a   Cai, Jian Ping ^b   Xie, Ming Quan ^b   Li, Guo Qing ^a   Qin, Zong Hua ^b   Wu, Hui Xian ^b   Peng, Xing Yu ^b   Wei, Weng Kang ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (China)

Author keywords

Eimeria tenella; Gene; GuangDong strain; Microneme

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745950352     PISSN: 16828356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2003.133.138     Document Type: Article

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