Necrotic enteritis challenge models with broiler chickens raised on litter: Evaluation of preconditions, Clostridium perfringens strains and outcome variables

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 337-343

  Kaldhusdal, Magne ^a   Hofshagen, Merete ^a   Løvland, Atle ^a   Langstrand, Haakon ^b   Redhead, Keith ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b Felleskjoepet Fôrutvikling   (Norway)

^c Hoechst Roussel Vet   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Challenge model; Chicken; Clostridium perfringens; Necrotic enteritis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHICKEN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; INTESTINE INJURY; NECROTIZING ENTERITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENTERITIS; INTESTINES; POULTRY DISEASES;

EID: 0032781219     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(99)00051-6     Document Type: Article

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