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## Introduction Coccidiosis, caused by the Eimeria species, is one of the most common intestinal diseases of poultry with major economic impact worldwide (Shirley et al., 2005). Current control measures rely mostly on the use of anticoccidials, supplemented with live attenuated vaccines. Increasing resistance among Eimeria species (Chapman, 1997;Peek and Landman, 2003), consumers objections and legislative restrictions against dietary supplementation with anticoccidials undermine the use of chemotherapy whilst the uptake of live vaccines remains limited, largely due to high production costs, stimulating demand for the development and evaluation of new control strategies for control of

Author

F.C. Velkers; D.P. Blake; E.A.M. Graat; J.C.M. Vernooij; A. Bouma; M.C.M. de Jong; J.A. Stegeman

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0304-4017)

Published

2010

Language

EN