Comparison of the efficacy of four antimicrobial treatment schemes against experimental Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale infection in turkey poults pre-infected with avian pneumovirus

Avian Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 230-237

  Marien, Maja ^a   Nauwynck, Hans ^a   Duchateau, Luc ^a   Martel, An ^a   Chiers, Koen ^a   Devriese, Luc ^a   Froyman, Robrecht ^b   Decostere, Annemie ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ENROFLOXACIN; FLORFENICOL; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; THIAMPHENICOL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; GERMFREE ANIMAL; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; MICROBIOLOGY; ORNITHOBACTERIUM; PARAMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TURKEY (BIRD); VIRUS INFECTION;

AMOXICILLIN; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FLUOROQUINOLONES; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; ORNITHOBACTERIUM; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; POULTRY DISEASES; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; THIAMPHENICOL; TURKEYS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; AVIAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; ORNITHOBACTERIUM; ORNITHOBACTERIUM RHINOTRACHEALE;

EID: 33745038288     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: 14653338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079450600711052     Document Type: Article

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