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Analysis of disease resistance-associated parameters in broiler chickens challenged with Eimeria maxima.
Poultry science - 1 May 2000
Zhu J J, Lillehoj H S, Allen P C, Yun C H, Pollock D, Sadjadi M, Emara M G
Abstract excerpt
To determine an optimal dose for coccidial inoculation and to evaluate genetic resistance or susceptibility in individual chickens, broilers were inoculated with four different doses of Eimeria maxima oocysts. Body weight gain, fecal oocyst shedding, concentrations of plasma NO2- + NO3-, carotenoid, and interferon-gamma were measured at two different time periods postinfection. The results showed significant dose...
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