Low-dose immunization of northern bobwhites (Colinus virginianus) with Eimeria lettyae provides protection against a high-dose challenge

Avian Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1220-1223

  Gerhold, R W ^a,b   Fuller, A L ^a   Beckstead, R B ^a   McDougald, L R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

coccidia; Colinus virginianus; Eimeria lettyae; immunization; northern bobwhite

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCCIDIOSIS; COLINUS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EIMERIA; IMMUNOLOGY; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSIS; COLINUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; EIMERIA; POULTRY DISEASES; PROTOZOAN VACCINES; TURKEYS;

AVES; COCCIDIA; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; EIMERIA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 78650425222     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/9403-052510-Reg.1     Document Type: Article

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