Histomonosis in poultry: previous and current strategies for prevention and therapyFootnote^*

* Part of this review is based on the Avian Pathology Lecture entitled ‘Strategies to prevent histomonosis in poultry’, presented by Dieter Liebhart at the 19th Congress of the World Veterinary Poultry Association in Cape Town, South Africa, September 2015.

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