Immune response following Ascaridia galli infection in free range laying hens

Author(s)
Sharma, N
Hunt, P
Hine, B
Sharma, N K
Swick, R A
Ruhnke, I
Publication Date
2018
Abstract
A recent study suggests that artificial Ascardia galli infection has no effect on performance and egg quality of free-range laying hens from the point of lay until 40 weeks of age (Sharma et al., 2017). However, the lower hepatic lipid reserve of infected hens observed in the same study indicated the potential for A. galli to affect production at a later stage. In this study, serum and yolk antibody levels of A. galli were measured to investigate the immune response to natural infection in hens with different infection levels.
Citation
Proceedings of the Australian Poultry Science Symposium, v.29, p. 225-225
ISSN
1034-6260
1034-3466
Link
Language
en
Publisher
University of Sydney
Title
Immune response following Ascaridia galli infection in free range laying hens
Type of document
Conference Publication
Entity Type
Publication

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