Variation in susceptibility of inbred lines of chickens to seven species of Eimeria.

doi:10.1017/s0031182000063654

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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 develo...

Topics

Analysis of Variance
Animals
Chickens
Coccidiosis
Eimeria
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Poultry Diseases
Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms

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