Prevalence of Eimeria species in broilers with subclinical signs from fifty farms;Prevalencia de especies de Eimeria en pollos de engorde con signos subclínicos en 50 granjas

Avian Diseases

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 301-305

  Sun, X M ^a   Pang, W ^b   Jia, T ^a   Yan, W C ^a   He, G ^a   Hao, L L ^a   Bentué, Marcos ^c   Suo, X ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Yantai Economic and Technological Zone   (China)

^c LABORATORIOS HIPRA S A   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chickens; China; Coccidia; Eimeria; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; COCCIDIOSIS; EIMERIA; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHINA; COCCIDIOSIS; EIMERIA; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE;

COCCIDIA; EIMERIA; EIMERIA ACERVULINA; EIMERIA BRUNETTI; EIMERIA MAXIMA; EIMERIA MITIS; EIMERIA NECATRIX; EIMERIA PRAECOX; EIMERIA TENELLA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 68249130179     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/8379-061708-Resnote.1     Document Type: Article

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