Dietary enzyme and zinc bacitracin reduce colonisation of layer hens by the intestinal spirochaete Brachyspira intermedia

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 351-360

  Hampson, D J ^a   Phillips, N D ^a   Pluske, J R ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brachyspira intermedia; Chicken; Dietary enzymes; Intestinal colonisation; Zinc bacitracin

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN ZINC; ENZYME; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BODY WEIGHT; BRACHYSPIRA; BRACHYSPIRA INTERMEDIA; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EGG; EGG LAYING; EMBRYO; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES LEVEL; FEMALE; HEN; INOCULATION; INTESTINE; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; TIME; WATER CONTENT; WEIGHT; WHEAT;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACITRACIN; CHICKENS; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EGGS; ENZYMES; FECES; FEMALE; OVIPOSITION; POULTRY DISEASES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPIROCHAETALES; SPIROCHAETALES INFECTIONS;

AVES; BRACHYSPIRA; BRACHYSPIRA INTERMEDIA; GALLUS GALLUS; SPIROCHAETA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0037166022     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(02)00025-1     Document Type: Article

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