Pathobiology of heterakis gallinarum mono-infection and co-infection with histomonas meleagridis in layer chickens

Avian Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 277-287

  Schwarz, Anna ^a   Gauly, Matthias ^b   Abel, Hansjö Rg ^b   Daş, Gürbüz ^c   Humburg, Julia ^b   Alexander, Th ^c   Breves, Gerhard ^a   Rautenschlein, Silke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CECUM; CHICKEN; CYTOLOGY; DIET; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIXED INFECTION; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CECUM; CHICKENS; COINFECTION; DIET; FEMALE; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; OVIPOSITION; POULTRY DISEASES; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; HETERAKIS GALLINARUM; HISTOMONAS MELEAGRIDIS; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 79959507315     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: 14653338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2011.561280     Document Type: Article

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