Quantification of gut lesions in a subclinical necrotic enteritis model

Avian Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 375-382

  Gholamiandehkordi, Ahmad R ^a,b   Timbermont, Leen ^a   Lanckriet, Anouk ^a   Broeck, Wim Van Den ^a   Pedersen, Karl ^c   Dewulf, Jeroen ^a   Pasmans, Frank ^a   Haesebrouck, Freddy ^a   Ducatelle, Richard ^a   Van Immerseel, Filip ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; INTESTINE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; INTESTINES; MALE; NECROSIS; POULTRY DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; EIMERIA; EIMERIA MAXIMA;

EID: 34848901329     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: 14653338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079450701589118     Document Type: Article

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