A survey of the economic impact of subclinical Eimeria infections in broiler chickens in Norway

Avian Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 333-341

  Haug, Anita ^a,b   Gjevre, Anne Gerd ^a   Skjerve, Eystein ^c   Kaldhusdal, Magne ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; COCCIDIOSIS; ECONOMICS; EIMERIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NORWAY; PARASITOLOGY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; COCCIDIOSIS; DATA COLLECTION; EIMERIA; NORWAY;

COCCIDIA; EIMERIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 45849125063     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: 14653338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079450802050705     Document Type: Article

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