Evaluation of the influence of bacteriophage titer on the treatment of colibacillosis in broiler chickens

Poultry Science

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1373-1377

  Huff, W E ^a   Huff, G R ^a   Rath, N C ^a   Donoghue, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage therapy; Chicken; Colibacillosis; Escherichia coli

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; COLIPHAGE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; COLIPHAGES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; MALE; POULTRY DISEASES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 33748372944     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/85.8.1373     Document Type: Article

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