Amino-acid malabsorption and intestinal leakage of plasma-proteins in young chicks infected with Eimeria acervulina |
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Authors: | L P Joyner D S Patterson S Berrett C D Boarer F H Cheong C C Norton |
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Affiliation: | Central Veterinary Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, New Haw, Weybridge, Surrey, England. |
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Abstract: | The in vivo absorption of 14C-labelled amino-acids and the leakage of radioactive plasma proteins into the gut of infected birds were measured together with their food-intake and growth. The results suggested that anorexia and protein leakage from the gut are major factors in the pathogenesis of E. acervulina infection. |
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