Comparison of outbred lines of chickens for resistance to experimental infection with coccidiosis (Eimeria tenella).

doi:10.1093/ps/77.2.185

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Comparison of outbred lines of chickens for resistance to experimental infection with coccidiosis (Eimeria tenella).

Poultry science - 1 Feb 1998

Pinard-Van Der Laan M H, Monvoisin J L, Pery P, Hamet N, Thomas M

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Coccidiosis causes dramatic economic losses in the poultry industry. Next to the extensive use of anticoccidial drugs, improving genetic resistance of birds to this parasitic disease represents an attractive alternative. An experiment was run in order to identify lines of chickens resistant and s...

Topics

Animals
Body Weight
Chickens
Coccidiosis
Dwarfism
Eimeria tenella
Female
Genetic Linkage
Genotype
Immunity, Innate
Major Histocompatibility Complex
Male
Phenotype
Poultry Diseases

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