Lesion scoring technique for assessing the virulence and pathogenicity of Indian field isolates of avian Eimeria species;Bodovanje jačine patoanatomskih promjena za procjenu virulencije i patogenosti indijskih terenskih izolata ptičjih vrsta roda eimeria

Veterinarski Arhiv

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 259-271

  Raman, Muthusamy ^a   Banu, Samsudeen S ^a   Gomathinayagam, Sankaralingam ^a   Raj, Gopal D ^a  

^a MADRAS VETERINARY COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Assessment; Chickens; Eimeria; Gross lesion score; Prepatent period; Virulence

Indexed keywords

AVES; EIMERIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 79955678061     PISSN: 03725480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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