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In vitro and in vivo studies were conducted to identify the effects of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol (25(OH)D) supplementation on poultry immune cells function, cytokine production, and production parameters following an inflammatory or coccidial challenge. Supplementing chicken mac…

Experiments were carried out to assess the effects of feed-borne Fusarium mycotoxins with or without the presence of coccidian challenge on the metabolism and performance of broiler chickens and turkey poults. The efficacy of a polymeric glucomannan mycotoxin adsorbent (GMA) in …

Twenty-eight coccidia species (16 Eimeria species from rodents, 1 Eimeria from lizards, 1 Eimeria from a caecilian, 3 Eimeria from chickens, 2 Eimeria from turkeys, 2 Isospora species, 1 Caryospora species, 1 Hammondia species, and 1 Neospora species) were studied and all have p…