[HTML][HTML] Coccidiosis: recent progress in host immunity and alternatives to antibiotic strategies

Y Lee, M Lu, HS Lillehoj - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Coccidiosis is an avian intestinal disease caused by several distinct species of Eimeria
parasites that damage the host's intestinal system, resulting in poor nutrition absorption …

[HTML][HTML] The chicken embryo model: a novel and relevant model for immune-based studies

P Garcia, Y Wang, J Viallet… - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Dysregulation of the immune system is associated with many pathologies, including
cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and cancer. To date, the most commonly used models in …

Poultry coccidiosis: recent advancements in control measures and vaccine development

RA Dalloul, HS Lillehoj - Expert review of vaccines, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Coccidiosis is recognized as the major parasitic disease of poultry and is caused by the
apicomplexan protozoan Eimeria. Coccidiosis seriously impairs the growth and feed …

[HTML][HTML] Involvement of T cell immunity in avian coccidiosis

WH Kim, AA Chaudhari, HS Lillehoj - Frontiers in Immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Avian coccidiosis is caused by Eimeria, which is an intracellular apicomplexan parasite that
invades through the intestinal tract to cause devastating disease. Upon invasion through the …

A selective review of advances in coccidiosis research

HD Chapman, JR Barta, D Blake, A Gruber… - Advances in …, 2013 - Elsevier
Coccidiosis is a widespread and economically significant disease of livestock caused by
protozoan parasites of the genus Eimeria. This disease is worldwide in occurrence and …

[HTML][HTML] Poultry coccidiosis: design and interpretation of vaccine studies

F Soutter, D Werling, FM Tomley… - Frontiers in veterinary …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Eimeria infection impacts upon chicken welfare and economic productivity of the poultry
sector. Live coccidiosis vaccines for chickens have been available for almost 70 years, but …

The biology of avian Eimeria with an emphasis on their control by vaccination

MW Shirley, AL Smith, FM Tomley - Advances in parasitology, 2005 - Elsevier
Studies on the biology of the avian species of Eimeria are currently benefiting from the
availability of a comprehensive sequence for the nuclear genome of Eimeria tenella. Allied …

Coccidia-induced mucogenesis promotes the onset of necrotic enteritis by supporting Clostridium perfringens growth

CT Collier, CL Hofacre, AM Payne, DB Anderson… - Veterinary immunology …, 2008 - Elsevier
This study tested the hypothesis that a host mucogenic response to an intestinal coccidial
infection promotes the onset of necrotic enteritis (NE). A chick NE model was used in which …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of Eimeria tenella infection on chicken caecal microbiome diversity, exploring variation associated with severity of pathology

SE Macdonald, MJ Nolan, K Harman, K Boulton… - PLoS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Eimeria species cause the intestinal disease coccidiosis, most notably in poultry. While the
direct impact of coccidiosis on animal health and welfare is clear, its influence on the enteric …

Analysis of chicken cytokine and chemokine gene expression following Eimeria acervulina and Eimeria tenella infections

YH Hong, HS Lillehoj, SH Lee, RA Dalloul… - Veterinary immunology …, 2006 - Elsevier
The expression levels of mRNA encoding a panel of 28 chicken cytokines and chemokines
were quantified in intestinal lymphocytes following Eimeria acervulina and Eimeria tenella …