EFFECT OF CHICKEN ANAEMIA VIRUS (CAV) INFECTION ON CHICKEN COCCIDIOSIS

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Day old chickens infected with the CAV were exposed to caecal Eimeria oocysts by crop inoculation. Results revealed that CAV aggrivated the pathogenicity of caecal Eimeria infection reflected on the production performance, pathological lesions and the number of discharged oocysts in dropping. Chicken immunised in presence of CAV infection showed low protection rate againest challenge than that resulted from immunization in absence of CAV infection.

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