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Differences in resistance to Salmonella enterica serovar Gallinarum infection among indigenous local chicken ecotypes in Tanzania.
Avian pathology : journal of the W.V.P.A - 1 Aug 2006
Msoffe P L M, Minga U M, Mtambo M M A, Gwakisa P S, Olsen J E
Abstract excerpt
A study was conducted to evaluate the disease resistance potential in 105 chickens of six indigenous local chicken ecotypes in Tanzania by orally challenging 1-week-old chicks with 2.5 x 10(8) colony-forming units of virulent S. Gallinarum. For 14 days post infection, clinical signs, necropsy findings, antibody titres, packed cell volume, leukocyte population count, and viable bacterial cell counts in the liver...
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