Immunoprotection of chickens against Eimeria acervulina by recombinant α-tubulin protein

Parasitology Research

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1133-1140

  Ding, Jun ^a   Bao, Weichao ^a   Liu, Qun ^a   Yu, Qi ^a   Abdille, M H ^a,b   Wei, Zheng ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN PROTEIN; ANTIBODY; FREUND ADJUVANT; HYBRID PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; EIMERIA ACERVULINA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGENICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PROTOZOON;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; COCCIDIOSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; EIMERIA; POULTRY DISEASES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PROTOZOAN VACCINES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TUBULIN; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

EIMERIA; EIMERIA ACERVULINA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 51449122282     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-1106-1     Document Type: Article

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