Effects of S6-strain Mycoplasma gallisepticum inoculation at ten, twenty-two, or forty-five weeks of age on the blood characteristics of commercial egg-laying hens

Poultry Science

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2012-2018

  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

Blood; Calcium; Hematocrit; Lipid; Mycoplasma gallisepticum

Indexed keywords

AVES; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM;

EID: 33750078080     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/85.11.2012     Document Type: Article

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