Vaccination of chickens against coccidiosis ameliorates drug resistance in commercial poultry production
Drug resistance is a problem wherever livestock are raised under intensive conditions and drugs are used to combat parasitic infections. This is particularly true for the anticoccidial agents used for the prevention of coccidiosis caused by protozoa of the apicomplexan genus Eimeria in poultry. Res...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2014-12-01
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| Series: | International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211320714000323 |