Investigating a persistent coccidiosis problem on a commercial broiler-breeder farm utilising PCR-coupled capillary electrophoresis

Parasitology Research

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 583-589

  Morris, Genevieve M ^a   Woods, Wayne G ^a   Richards, D Grant ^a   Gasser, Robin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIMERIAVAX; LIVE VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CHICKEN; COCCIDIOSIS; EIMERIA; EPIDEMIC; FARM ANIMAL; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; COCCIDIOSIS; EIMERIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EIMERIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 34547111257     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0516-9     Document Type: Article

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