Colonization of specific regions of the reproductive tract and deposition at different locations inside eggs laid by hens infected with Salmonella Enteritidis or Salmonella Heidelberg

Avian Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-44

  Gast, Richard K ^a   Guraya, Rupa ^a   Guard Bouldin, Jean ^a   Holt, Peter S ^a   Moore, Randle W ^a  

^a RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chickens; Egg contamination; Ovary; Oviduct; Salmonella Enteritidis; Salmonella Heidelberg

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GERMFREE ANIMAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OOCYTE; SALMONELLA;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; POULTRY DISEASES; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

GALLUS GALLUS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR HEIDELBERG; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS;

EID: 33947593019     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/0005-2086(2007)051[0040:COSROT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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