Necrotic enteritis-producing strains of Clostridium perfringens displace non-necrotic enteritis strains from the gut of chicks

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 377-382

  Barbara, Angelique J ^a   Trinh, Hien T ^a   Glock, Robert D ^a   Glenn Songer, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriocin; Clostridium perfringens; Poultry necrotic enteritis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIRD; CHICK; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAS GANGRENE; INOCULATION; INTESTINE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NECROTIZING ENTERITIS; NONHUMAN; PIGLET; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTERIOCINS; CHICKENS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; NECROSIS; POULTRY DISEASES; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

AVES; BOVINAE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 36549026856     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2007.07.019     Document Type: Article

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