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The Theoretical Ecology of Coccidia with Reference to Poultry Production

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Chickens have natural parasites known generically as coccidia: these are closely adapted to their host displaying rigid host specificity and minimal pathogenicity under natural conditions. On the other hand the host has an immune system that can, given the opportunity, provide a sterilizing anticoccidial immunity. To cope with this the parasite has evolved a complex, but highly well defined, life cycle.

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  1. Colworth Laboratory, Unilever Research, Colworth House Sharnbrook, Bedford, MK44 1LQ, UK

    S. Parry, M. E. J. Barratt & S. Jones

  2. Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, 24-29 St. Giles, Oxford, 0X1 3LB, UK

    S. McKee

  3. Department of Mathematics, University of Strathclyde Livingstone Tower, 26 Richmond Street, Glasgow, G1 1XH, UK

    J. D. Murray

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  1. Institute for Mathematics, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria

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Parry, S., Barratt, M.E.J., Jones, S., McKee, S., Murray, J.D. (1991). The Theoretical Ecology of Coccidia with Reference to Poultry Production. In: Wacker, H., Zulehner, W. (eds) Proceedings of the Fourth European Conference on Mathematics in Industry. European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0703-4_45

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