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Variation in susceptibility of inbred lines of chickens to seven species of Eimeria.
Parasitology - 1 Jun 1992
Bumstead N, Millard B J
Abstract excerpt
The pattern of oocyst production of 8 inbred lines of chickens was compared for each of the 7 species of Eimeria which infect this host. Both the overall numbers and the pattern of oocyst production differed in the inbred lines, but there was no evidence of prolonged cycling of schizogenic developmental stages. Comparison of the numbers of oocysts produced by the different lines indicates that there may be common...
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