Heat stress modulates the disruptive effects of Eimeria maxima infection on the ileum nutrient digestibility, molecular transporters, and tissue morphology in meat-type chickens

• Ahmed F. A. Ghareeb,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Poultry Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Gustavo H. Schneiders,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Current address: Merck Animal Health, Madison, New Jersey, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Poultry Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Jennifer N. Richter,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Poultry Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• James C. Foutz,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Current address: Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health (BIAH), Gainesville, Georgia, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Poultry Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Marie C. Milfort,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Poultry Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Albert L. Fuller,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Poultry Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Jianmin Yuan,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Visualization

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China

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• Romdhane Rekaya,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal and Dairy Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Samuel E. Aggrey

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: saggrey@uga.edu

  Affiliation Department of Poultry Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7550-1681

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