Characterization of a strain of Eimeria meleagridis from the Turkey

Avian Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 599-604

  Matsler, P L ^a   Chapman, H D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Coccidiosis; Eimeria meleagridis; Life cycle; Pathogenicity; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; COCCIDIOSIS; EIMERIA; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OOCYST; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; TURKEY (BIRD); WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSIS; EIMERIA; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; INTESTINES; OOCYSTS; POULTRY DISEASES; TURKEYS; WEIGHT GAIN;

AVES; EIMERIA; EIMERIA ADENOEIDES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 33846382772     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/7646-051006R.1     Document Type: Article

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