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Overview

Larry R. McDougald is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within agricultural and biological sciences, particularly focusing on veterinary medicine. The primary fields of study include Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Veterinary. Subfields cover Animal Science and Zoology, Small Animals, Ecology, and Parasitology.

Their scholarly output concentrates on several main topics, which encompass:

  • Coccidia and coccidiosis research
  • Veterinary medicine and infectious diseases
  • Animal Nutrition and Physiology
  • Helminth infection and control
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Bird parasitology and diseases

Among the recent papers authored or coauthored by Larry R. McDougald are:

  • Raising broiler chickens without ionophore anticoccidials, 2023, published in The Journal of Applied Poultry Research
  • The Use of Anticoccidial Sensitivity Tests (ASTs) by the Poultry Industry, 2022, published in Avian Diseases
  • Oviduct Fluke (Prosthogonimus macrorchis) Found Inside a Chicken Egg in North Carolina, 2020, published in Avian Diseases

Frequent collaborators in these research endeavors include the following coauthors:

  • Hector M. Cervantes
  • Robert B. Beckstead
  • Kenneth E. Anderson

Publication venues where Larry R. McDougald commonly publishes their work include:

  • Avian Diseases
  • The Journal of Applied Poultry Research

Best Publications

  • Blackhead Disease (Histomoniasis) in Poultry: A Critical Review

    L. R. McDougald

  • Apicoplast genome of the coccidian Eimeria tenella.

    Xiaomin Cai;A.Lorraine Fuller;Larry R. McDougald;Guan Zhu

  • Intestinal protozoa important to poultry

    L. R. McDougald

  • A Survey of Coccidia on 43 Poultry Farms in Argentina

    L R McDougald;L Fuller;R Mattiello

  • Effects of Eimeria brunetti infection and dietary zinc on experimental induction of necrotic enteritis in broiler chickens.

    Eiichiroh Baba;Alberta L. Fuller;Jeffrey M. Gilbert;Stephan G. Thayer

  • Drug-Sensitivity of 99 Isolates of Coccidia from Broiler Farms

    Larry R. McDougald;Lorraine Fuller;Juan Solis

  • Comparison of the Specificity and Sensitivity of PCR, Nested PCR, and Real-Time PCR for the Diagnosis of Histomoniasis

    H. M. Hafez;R. Hauck;D. Lüschow;L. McDougald

  • Clostridial population and the intestinal lesions in chickens infected with Clostridium perfringens and Eimeria necatrix.

    E. Baba;T. Ikemoto;T. Fukata;K. Sasai

  • Blackhead disease (Histomonas meleagridis) aggravated in broiler chickens by concurrent infection with cecal coccidiosis (Eimeria tenella)

    L. R. McDougald;Jinghui Hu

  • Infection of Turkeys with Histomonas meleagridis by the Cloacal Drop Method

    Jinghui Hu;L. Fuller;L. R. McDougald

  • Research in Avian Coccidiosis

    John F. Ryley;Larry R. McDougald;Leonard P. Joyner;Peter L. Long

  • Survival of Coccidia in Poultry Litter and Reservoirs of Infection

    Pablo S. Reyna;Larry R. McDougald;Greg F. Mathis

  • Direct Lateral Transmission of Histomonas meleagridis in Turkeys

    Jinghui Hu;L. R. McDougald

  • The efficacy of some drugs with known antiprotozoal activity against Histomonas meleagridis in chickens

    Jinghui Hu;L.R McDougald

  • A Survey of Sensitivity to Anticoccidial Drugs in 60 Isolates of Coccidia from Broiler Chickens in Brazil and Argentina

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  • Anticoccidial Drugs: Growth and Performance Depressing Effects in Young Chickens

    Kavous Keshavarz;Larry R. McDOUGALD

  • Blackhead disease in turkeys: direct transmission of Histomonas meleagridis from bird to bird in a laboratory model.

    L. R. McDougald;L. Fuller

  • Reduction in Cell Entry of Eimeria tenella (Coccidia) Sporozoites by Protease Inhibitors, and Partial Characterization of Proteolytic Activity Associated with Intact Sporozoites and Merozoites

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  • Histomonas meleagridis in chickens: attempted transmission in the absence of vectors.

    J. Hu;L. Fuller;P. L. Armstrong;L. R. McDougald

  • Drug Responsiveness of Field Isolates of Chicken Coccidia

    Greg F. Mathis;Larry R. McDOUGALD

  • Histomonas meleagridis (Protozoa: Trichomonadidae): analysis of growth requirements in vitro.

    Ruediger Hauck;P. L. Armstrong;L. R. McDougald

  • Molecular Characterization of Histomonas meleagridis and Other Parabasalids in the United States Using the 5.8S, ITS-1, and ITS-2 rRNA Regions

    Lori Lollis;Richard Gerhold;Larry McDougald;Robert Beckstead

  • A new method for purification of Eimeria tenella merozoites.

    M. Q. Xie;J. M. Gilbert;A. L. Fuller;L. R. McDougald

  • Compensatory Growth in Broilers after Withdrawal of Ionophorous Anticoccidial Drugs

    L. R. McDOUGALD;T. E. McQUISTION

  • Characterization in vitro and in vivo of resistance to ionophores in a strain of Eimeria tenella.

    Guan Zhu;Larry R. McDougald

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter L. Long
Peter L. Long University of Georgia
Hafez M. Hafez
Hafez M. Hafez Freie Universität Berlin
Kenneth E. Anderson
Kenneth E. Anderson North Carolina State University
Charles L. Hofacre
Charles L. Hofacre University of Georgia
James C. Sacchettini
James C. Sacchettini Texas A&M University

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