Histomonas meleagridis in chickens: Attempted transmission in the absence of vectors

Avian Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 277-279

  Hu, J ^a   Fuller, L ^a   Armstrong, P L ^a   McDougald, L R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chickens; Epidemiology; Histomonas; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD DEPRIVATION; PARASITOLOGY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FOOD DEPRIVATION; POULTRY DISEASES; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

AVES; EIMERIA; EIMERIA ADENOEIDES; GALLUS GALLUS; HISTOMONAS MELEAGRIDIS;

EID: 33746077112     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/7431-090605R.1     Document Type: Article

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