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The immunity arising from continuous low-level infection with Eimeria maxima and Eimeria acervulina

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

L. P. Joyner  and
C. C. Norton
L. P. Joyner
Affiliation:
Central Veterinary Laboratory, MAFF, Weybridge, Surrey
C. C. Norton
Affiliation:
Central Veterinary Laboratory, MAFF, Weybridge, Surrey
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Summary

Chicks were given daily inoculations of 1 or 5 oocysts of Eimeria maxima or 5 or 20 oocysts of E. acervulina.

The inoculations ceased after 20 days with E. maxima or 25 days with E. acervulina when oocyst production had stopped. The responses to subsequent heavy challenges showed that with both species the immunity arising from the serial inoculations was stronger and/or more enduring than that produced by single inoculations of comparable numbers of oocysts.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 72 , Issue 1 , February 1976 , pp. 115 - 125
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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