Eimeria tenella infection among broiler chicks Gallus domesticus in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia

Journal of King Saud University - Science

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 191-193

  Al Quraishy, S ^a   Abdel Baki, A S ^a,b   Dkhil, M A ^a,c  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Beni Suef University   (Egypt)

^c Helwan University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Chicken; Eimeria tenella; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

EID: 70549095964     PISSN: 10183647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jksus.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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