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Three operational taxonomic units of Eimeria are common in Nigerian chickens and may undermine effective molecular diagnosis of coccidiosis.
BMC veterinary research - 4 Jun 2016
Jatau Isa D, Lawal Idris A, Kwaga Jacob K P, Tomley Fiona M, Blake Damer P, Nok Andrew J
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BACKGROUND: Chicken is fast becoming the world's most consumed meat. As a consequence poultry health is more important now than ever before, with pathogens of chickens recognised as serious threats to food security. One such threat are Eimeria species parasites, protozoa which can cause the disease coccidiosis. Eimeria can compromise economic poultry production and chicken welfare, and have serious consequences...
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