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The effect of induced moulting in hens on resistance to primary and secondary infections of Raillietina cesticillus Molin, 1858

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2009

J. S. Gray
J. S. Gray
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Zoology, University College, Dublin 4, Republic of Ireland
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Abstract

Mature hens were induced to moult and were subsequently found to be resistant to both primary and secondary infections of Raillietina cesticillus, whereas non-moulting birds that continued to lay were susceptible to primary and secondary infections.

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Research Papers
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 56 , Issue 1 , March 1982 , pp. 37 - 40
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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