Intestinal Mucosal Mast Cell Immune Response and Pathogenesis of Two Eimeria Acervulina Isolates in Broiler Chickens
Five experiments were conducted comparing differential intestinal immune responses to two isolates of Eimeria acervulina (EA), EA1 and EA2. In three experiments, broiler chicks were divided into control (non-challenged), EA1, or EA2 challenged (14 days of age) groups. On day 6 post-challenge (PC),...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36228 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12172002-182647/ |