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| Oliveira, Tiago Mendonça de; Teixeira, Cristina Mara; Pinto, Mariana Olímpia Köhler Marra; Arcebispo, Thiago Luiz Mendes; Soriano-Araújo, Amanda; Cunha, Lucas Maciel; Diniz, Soraia Araújo; Silva, Marcos Xavier. |
| Phthiraptera are lice highly adapted to living as permanent and obligatory ectoparasites of birds and mammals. High infestations by biting lice contribute to the low productivity, loss quality of the eggs, besides weight decrease of chickens. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate and to characterize the risks involved with the presence of biting lice in laying chicken from Minas Gerais, Brazil, throught a Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA). A secondary database with information regarding 402 chicken houses from 42 properties of laying hens from the same region was used and adapted for this study. The variables that composed the correspondence model were selected through Chi-square tests (p ≤ 0.05). A risk index was designed to relate the presence of... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Epidemiology; Lice; Laying hens; Risk index; Correspondence analysis. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/47474 |
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