Evaluation of the most effective measures of infectivity of a precocious line of Eimeria acervulina in poultry

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 428-430

  Jorgensen, W K ^a   Richards, G ^b   Anderson, G R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coccidiosis; Eimeria; Infective dose; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; COCCIDIOSIS; EIMERIA; FECES; FEMALE; GERMFREE ANIMAL; INTESTINE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; VIRULENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; COCCIDIOSIS; EIMERIA; FECES; FEMALE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POULTRY DISEASES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; VIRULENCE;

EIMERIA; EIMERIA ACERVULINA;

EID: 33845338411     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2006.00076.x     Document Type: Article

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