The effects of host age on the poultry cestode, Raillietina cesticillus (Molin, 1858) Fuhrmann, 1920

The present study has shown that age resistance to R. cesticillus, manifested by worm destrobilization, occurred in male chickens. In females, age resistance developed more rapidly than in males, until the birds were about 84 days old and from this age onwards the manifestations of resistance declin...

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Main Author: Gray, J. S.
Published: Royal Holloway, University of London 1972
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.704183