Options for integrated strategies for the control of avian coccidiosis

International Journal of Agriculture and Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1014-1020

  Abbas, Rao Zahid ^a   Iqbal, Zafar ^a   Khan, Ahrar ^a   Sindhu, Zia U Din ^a   Khan, Junaid Ali ^a   Khan, Muhammad Nisar ^a   Raza, Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Alternatives; Anticoccidials; Coccidia (or Eimeria); Coccidiosis; Drug resistance; Poultry

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; BASIDIOMYCOTA; COCCIDIA; EIMERIA;

EID: 84873038911     PISSN: 15608530     EISSN: 18149596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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