Prevention of Escherichia coli respiratory infection in broiler chickens with bacteriophage (SPR02)

Poultry Science

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 437-441

  Huff, W E ^a   Huff, G R ^a   Rath, N C ^a   Balog, J M ^a   Xie, H ^a   Moore Jr , P A ^a   Donoghue, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Chicken; Escherichia coli

Indexed keywords

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; COLIPHAGE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; COLIPHAGES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; POULTRY DISEASES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036528410     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/81.4.437     Document Type: Article

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