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ArticleTropical animal health and production2026

Alterations in serum calcium and phosphorus levels, organ lesions and their relationships to egg production in point of lay pullets infected with Salmonella Gallinarum.

Simeon Chibuko Okafor, John Ikechukwu Ihedioha, John Osita Arinze Okoye

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Article in Tropical animal health and production, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Simeon Chibuko OkaforDepartment of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu, 410002, Nigeria. simeon.okafor@unn.edu.ng.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8509-4610
John Ikechukwu IhediohaDepartment of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu, 410002, Nigeria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0780-7531
John Osita Arinze OkoyeDepartment of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu, 410002, Nigeria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9625-7956

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Abstract

Salmonella Gallinarum (SG) is a bacterial pathogen associated with serious economic losses to the poultry industry worldwide in the form of decrease in egg production. In this study, the dynamics of serum calcium, phosphorus levels as well as lesions in some body organs, and how they relate to egg production in point of lay pullets (POLPs) infected with SG were investigated. Fifty POLPs (18 weeks old) were randomly assigned to two groups of 25 POLPs per group viz.: Infected POLPs orally inoculated with SG (10

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CalciumChickensOvipositionPhosphorusPoultry DiseasesSalmonella Infections, AnimalAnimalsFemaleSalmonellaCalciumPhosphorusEgg productionFowl typhoidHyperphosphataemiaHypocalcaemiaPoint of lay pullets

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