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Assessment Of The Level Of Protection Against Coccidiosis In Broiler Breeders Conferred By A Live Anticoccidial Vaccine, And Its Influence On Early Growth And Development., Muhammed Shameer Abdul Rasheed
Assessment Of The Level Of Protection Against Coccidiosis In Broiler Breeders Conferred By A Live Anticoccidial Vaccine, And Its Influence On Early Growth And Development., Muhammed Shameer Abdul Rasheed
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Coccidiosis continues to be a great challenge to the poultry industry all over the world and in broiler breeders vaccination with live oocysts of Eimeria has been widely adopted as a control measure. Broiler breeders are usually subjected to feed restriction during their early growth however no studies have been undertaken on the effects of vaccination in birds whose feed has been restricted in this manner. The objective of this study was to assess the level of protection acquired by broiler breeder chickens when immunized at day-old with live eimerian oocysts and given a restricted diet. Effects upon growth and …