Molecular characterisation and the protective immunity evaluation of Eimeria maxima surface antigen gene

Abstract Background Coccidiosis is recognised as a major parasitic disease in chickens. Eimeria maxima is considered as a highly immunoprotective species within the Eimeria spp. family that infects chickens. In the present research, the surface antigen gene of E. maxima (EmSAG) was cloned, and the a...

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Main Authors: Tingqi Liu, Jingwei Huang, Yanlin Li, Muhammad Ehsan, Shuai Wang, Zhouyang Zhou, Xiaokai Song, Ruofeng Yan, Lixin Xu, Xiangrui Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-018-2906-5