title: The effect of induced moulting in hens on resistance to primary and secondary infections of Raillietina cesticillus Molin, 1858.
abstract: Mature hens were induced to moult and were subsequently found to be resistant to both primary and secondary infections of Raillietina cesticillus, whereas non-moulting birds that continued to lay were susceptible to primary and secondary infections.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002590:Cestode Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*; D002645:Chickens / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D009929:Organ Size; D010053:Ovary / Q000502:physiology; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D013154:Spleen