Coccidial infections in commercial broilers: Epidemiological aspects and comparison of Eimeria species identification by morphometric and polymerase chain reaction techniques

Avian Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 161-170

  Haug, Anita ^a,b   Gjevre, Anne Gerd ^a   Thebo, Per ^b   Mattsson, Jens G ^b   Kaldhusdal, Magne ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; COCCIDIOSIS; CYTOLOGY; EIMERIA; NORWAY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; COCCIDIOSIS; EIMERIA; NORWAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EIMERIA; EIMERIA ACERVULINA; EIMERIA MAXIMA; EIMERIA NECATRIX; EIMERIA PRAECOX; EIMERIA TENELLA;

EID: 41949119096     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: 14653338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079450801915130     Document Type: Article

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