Elimination of early Salmonella enteritidis infection after treatment with competitive-exclusion culture and enrofloxacin in experimentally infected chicks

Poultry Science

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1408-1413

  Seo, K H ^a   Holt, P S ^a   Gast, R K ^a   Hofacre, C L ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Enrofloxacin; Normal avian gut flora; Salmonella enteritidis

Indexed keywords

AVES; ENTERITIDIS; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; UNIDENTIFIED AGENTS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; ENROFLOXACIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; CECUM; CHICKEN; DRINKING; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CECUM; CHICKENS; DRINKING; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FLUOROQUINOLONES; INTESTINES; LIVER; POULTRY DISEASES; QUINOLONES; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SPLEEN;

EID: 0034303231     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/79.10.1408     Document Type: Article

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