Field efficacy of recombinant R7 vaccine against chicken leucocytozoonosis

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 483-487

  Ito, Akira ^a   Gotanda, Tohru ^a  

^a KITASATO INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Field trial; Leucocytoon caulleryi; Leucocytozoonosis; Recombinant R7 vaccine

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS; LEUCOCYTOZOON CAULLERYI;

PROTOZOAL VACCINE; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; COCCIDIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGG; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHICKENS; EGGS; HAEMOSPORIDA; POULTRY DISEASES; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; PROTOZOAN VACCINES; TIME FACTORS; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

EID: 4344599935     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.66.483     Document Type: Article

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