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Changes in body weight and intestinal absorption during infections with Eimeria acervulina in the chicken

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

R. A. Preston-Mafham  and
A. H. Sykes
R. A. Preston-Mafham
Affiliation:
Wye College (University of London), near Ashford, Kent
A. H. Sykes
Affiliation:
Wye College (University of London), near Ashford, Kent
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Heavy infections of E. acervulina result in a depression in body weight of the host, but anorexia induced by the disease is not the only factor responsible for this, since normal birds starved to the same extent did not lose as much weight. It was shown that the absorption of l-histidine and glucose from the infected part of the small intestine was depressed and may be a contributory factor to this weight loss; restricted feed intake alone tended to increase, rather than decrease, absorption.

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Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 61 , Issue 3 , December 1970 , pp. 417 - 424
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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