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Genetic differences of Ascaridia galli egg output in laying hens following a single dose infection.
Veterinary parasitology - 3 Jan 2002
Gauly M, Bauer C, Preisinger R, Erhardt G
Abstract excerpt
Groups of 20-week-old white (Lohmann LSL) and brown (Lohmann Brown) hens were reared under helminth-free conditions and both divided into two subgroups. One subgroup was artificially infected with 250 embryonated Ascaridia galli eggs, the other subgroup were kept as uninfected controls. During the following 12-month laying period individual faecal Ascaridia egg counts (FEC) were performed and bodyweight measured...
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