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Genetic resistance to Ascaridia galli infections in chickens.
Veterinary parasitology - 3 Dec 2001
Permin A, Ranvig H
Abstract excerpt
Ascaridiosis is still a cause of economic losses in modern poultry production systems. Improving genetic resistance to this disease provides an attractive alternative for free-range organic poultry producers and will eventually reduce the extensive use of anthelmintic drugs. An experiment was conducted to compare resistance to Ascaridia galli infections in Lohman Brown (LB) and Danish Landrace (DL) chickens. A...
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