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

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 301-308

  Baba, E ^a   Ikemoto, T ^a   Fukata, T ^a   Sasai, K ^a   Arakawa, A ^a   McDougald, L R ^b  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

avian necrotic enteritis; Clostridium perfringens; Eimeria necatrix

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; CHICKEN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; EIMERIA; ENTERITIS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; EIMERIA; EIMERIA NECATRIX; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0030957581     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(96)01289-8     Document Type: Article

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