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Genetic resistance to Heterakis gallinarum in two chicken layer lines following a single dose infection.
Veterinary parasitology - 1 Aug 2008
Gauly M, Kanan A, Brandt H, Weigend S, Moors E, Erhardt G
Abstract excerpt
Groups of White Leghorn and New Hampshire male and female chicks were reared under helminth-free conditions and divided into two groups at an age of 8 weeks. One group was artificially infected with 100 embryonated Heterakis gallinarum eggs, while the other group was kept as uninfected control. After 8 weeks all animals were harvested and worm burden was established. Maximum of 60 worms per bird randomly selected...
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