Use of Aviguard and other intestinal bioproducts in experimental clostridium perfringens-associated necrotizing enteritis in broiler chickens

Avian Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 579-584

  Hofacre, C L ^a   Froyman, R ^a   Gautrias, B ^a   George, B ^b   Goodwin, M A ^c,d   Brown, J ^c  

^a BAYER CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Colorado Quality Research Inc ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d Georgia Poultry Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Broilers; Clostridium perfringens; Competitive exclusion; Intestinal bioproducts; Necrotic enteritis; Normal gut flora; Probiotic products

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 0032123278     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1592685     Document Type: Article

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