Stress-induced colibacillosis and turkey osteomyelitis complex in turkeys selected for increased body weight

Poultry Science

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 266-272

  Huff, G ^a   Huff, W ^a   Rath, N ^a   Balog, J ^a   Anthony, N B ^a   Nestor, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight; Dexamethasone; Escherichia coli; Transport stress; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

DEXAMETHASONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BODY WEIGHT; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; OSTEOMYELITIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRESS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DEXAMETHASONE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; POULTRY DISEASES; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS; TRANSPORTATION; TURKEYS;

EID: 33645743540     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/85.2.266     Document Type: Article

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