Botanicals: An alternative approach for the control of avian coccidiosis

World's Poultry Science Journal

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 203-215

  Abbas, R Z ^a   Colwell, D D ^b   Gilleard, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

botanical anticoccidials; coccidia (or Eimeria); drug resistance; poultry

Indexed keywords

APICOMPLEXA; AVES; COCCIDIA; EIMERIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 84861887497     PISSN: 00439339     EISSN: 17434777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0043933912000268     Document Type: Review

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