Population dynamics of Ascaridia galli following single infection in young chickens

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  • Tania Ferdushy
  • Luz Adilia Luna Olivares
  • Peter Nejsum
  • Allan Knud Roepstorff
  • Thamsborg, Stig Milan
  • Niels Christian Kyvsgaard
SUMMARY The population dynamics of Ascaridia galli was studied in 70 ISA Brown layer pullets, 42 of them were each experimentally infected with 500 embryonated A. galli eggs and 28 chickens were kept as uninfected controls. Six chickens from the infected group and 4 from the control group were necropsied at 3, 7, 10, 14, 21, 28 and 42 days post-infection (d.p.i.). The mean worm recovery varied from 11-20% of the infection dose with the highest recovery at 3 d.p.i. and the lowest at 21 and 42 d.p.i. (P 
Original languageEnglish
JournalParasitology
Volume140
Issue number9
Pages (from-to)1078-1084
Number of pages7
ISSN0031-1820
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013

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