Necrotic enteritis potential in a model system using Clostridium perfringens isolated from field outbreaks

Avian Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 834-839

  Chalmers, G ^a   Bruce, H L ^b   Toole, D L ^b   Barnum, D A ^a   Boerlin, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Maple Leaf Foods Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Broiler chicken; Clostridium perfringens; Disease model; Necrotic enteritis; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD DISEASE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTERITIS; EPIDEMIC; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; NECROSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTERITIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NECROSIS; POULTRY DISEASES;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 37349116251     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/7959-022807-REGR.1     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Poultry marketplace - poultry at a glance. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. p. 1. 2005.
2. Al-Sheikhly, F., and R. B. Truscott. The interaction of Clostridium perfringens and its toxins in the production of necrotic enteritis of chickens. Avian Dis. 21:256-263. 1977.
3. Branton, S. L., B. D. Lott, J. W. Deaton, W. R. Maslin, F. W. Austin, L. M. Pote, R. W. Keirs, M. A. Latour, and E. J. Day. The effect of added complex carbohydrates or added dietary fiber on necrotic enteritis lesions in broiler chickens. Poult. Sci. 76:24-28. 1997.
4. Brennan, J., G. Moore, S. E. Poe, A. Zimmermann, G. Vessie, D. A. Barnum, and J. Wilson. Efficacy of in-feed tylosin phosphate for the treatment of necrotic enteritis in broiler chickens. Poult. Sci. 80:1451-1454. 2001.
5. Brennan, J., J. Skinner, D. A. Barnum, and J. Wilson. The efficacy of bacitracin methylene disalicylate when fed in combination with narasin in the management of necrotic enteritis in broiler chickens. Poult. Sci. 82:360-363. 2003.
6. Casewell, M., C. Friis, E. Marco, P. McMullin, and I. Phillips. The European ban on growth-promoting antibiotics and emerging consequences for human and animal health. J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 52:159-161. 2003.
7. Fisher, D. J., K. Miyamoto, B. Harrison, S. Akimoto, M. R. Sarker, and B. A. McClane. Association of beta2 toxin production with Clostridium perfringens type A human gastrointestinal disease isolates carrying a plasmid enterotoxin gene. Mol. Microbiol. 56:747-762. 2005.
8. Garmory, H. S., N. Chanter, N. P. French, D. Bueschel, J. G. Songer, and R. W. Titball. Occurrence of Clostridium perfringens beta2-toxin amongst animals, determined using genotyping and subtyping PCR assays. Epidemiol. Infect. 124:61-67. 2000.
9. George, B. A., C. L. Quarles, and D. J. Fagerberg. Virginiamycin effects on controlling necrotic enteritis infection in chickens. Poult. Sci. 61:447-450. 1982.
10. Gibert, M., C. Jolivet-Reynaud, and M. R. Popoff. Beta2 toxin, a novel toxin produced by Clostridium perfringens. Gene 203:65-73. 1997.
11. Hansen, M. V., and L. P. Elliott. New presumptive identification test for Clostridium perfringens: reverse CAMP test. J. Clin. Microbiol. 12:617-619. 1980.
12. Herholz, C., R. Miserez, J. Nicolet, J. Frey, M. Popoff, M. Gibert, H. Gerber, and R. Straub. Prevalence of beta2-toxigenic Clostridium perfringens in horses with intestinal disorders. J. Clin. Microbiol. 37:358-361. 1999.
13. Hofacre, C. L., T. Beacorn, S. Collett, and G. Mathis. Using competitive exclusion, mannan-oligosaccharide and other intestinal products to control necrotic enteritis. J Appl. Poult. Res. 12:60. 2003.
14. Jackson, M. E., D. M. Anderson, H. Y. Hsiao, G. F. Mathis, and D. W. Fodge. Beneficial effect of beta-mannanase feed enzyme on performance of chicks challenged with Eimeria sp. and Clostridium perfringens. Avian Dis. 47:759-763. 2003.
15. Johnson, J., and W. M. Reid. Anticoccidial drugs: lesion scoring techniques in battery and floor-pen experiments with chickens. Exp. Parasitol. 28:30-36. 1970.
16. Kaldhusdal, M., M. Hofshagen, A. Lovland, H. Langstrand, and K. Redhead. Necrotic enteritis challenge models with broiler chickens raised on litter: evaluation of preconditions, Clostridium perfringens strains and outcome variables. FEMS Immunol. Med. Microbiol. 24:337-343. 1999.
17. Keyburn, A. L., S. A. Sheedy, M. E. Ford, M. M. Williamson, M. M. Awad, J. I. Rood, and R. J. Moore. Alpha-toxin of Clostridium perfringens is not an essential virulence factor in necrotic enteritis in chickens. Infect. Immun. 74:6496-6500. 2006.
18. Kondo, F. In vitro lecithinase activity and sensitivity to 22 antimicrobial agents of Clostridium perfringens isolated from necrotic enteritis of broiler chickens. Res. Vet. Sci. 45:337-340. 1988.
19. Kulkarni, R. R., V. R. Parreira, S. Sharif, and J. F. Prescott. Clostridium perfringens antigens recognized by broiler chickens immune to necrotic enteritis. Clin. Vaccine Immunol. 13:1358-1362. 2006.
20. McReynolds, J. L., J. A. Byrd, R. C. Anderson, R. W. Moore, T. S. Edrington, K. J. Genovese, T. L. Poole, L. F. Kubena, and D. J. Nisbet. Evaluation of immunosuppresants and dietary mechanisms in an experimental disease model for necrotic enteritis. Poult. Sci. 83:1948-1952. 2004.
21. Olkowski, A. A., C. Wojnarowicz, M. Chirino-Trejo, and M. D. Drew. Responses of broiler chickens orally challenged with Clostridium perfringens isolated from field cases of necrotic enteritis. Res. Vet. Sci. 81:99-108. 2006.
22. Petit, L., M. Gibert, and M. R. Popoff. Clostridium perfringens: toxinotype and genotype. Trends Microbiol. 7:104-110. 1999.
23. Prescott, J. F. The prevention of experimentally induced necrotic enteritis in chickens by avoparcin. Avian Dis. 23:1072-1074. 1979.
24. Prescott, J. F., R. Sivendra, and D. A. Barnum. The use of bacitracin in the prevention and treatment of experimentally-induced necrotic enteritis in the chicken. Can. Vet. J. 19:181-183. 1978.
25. Rood, J. I., and S. T. Cole. Molecular genetics and pathogenesis of Clostridium perfringens. Microbiol. Rev. 55:621-648. 1991.
26. Songer, J. G. Clostridial enteric diseases of domestic animals. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 9:216-234. 1996.
27. Steel, R. G. D., and J. H. Torrie. Principles and procedures of statistics, second edition. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, New York. p. 236. 1980.
28. Thompson, D. R., V. R. Parreira, R. R. Kulkarni, and J. F. Prescott. Live attenuated vaccine-based control of necrotic enteritis of broiler chickens. Vet. Microbiol. 113:25-34. 2005.
29. Van Immerseel, F., J. De Buck, F. Pasmans, G. Huyghebaert, F. Haesebrouck, and R. Ducatelle. Clostridium perfringens in poultry: an emerging threat for animal and public health. Avian Pathol. 33:537-549. 2004.
30. Williams, R. B., R. N. Marshall, R. M. La Ragione, and J. Catchpole. A new method for the experimental production of necrotic enteritis and its use for studies on the relationships between necrotic enteritis, coccidiosis and anticoccidial vaccination of chickens. Parasitol. Res. 90:19-26. 2003.
31. Yoo, H. S., S. U. Lee, K. Y. Park, and Y. H. Park. Molecular typing and epidemiological survey of prevalence of Clostridium perfringens types by multiplex PCR. J. Clin. Microbiol. 35:228-232. 1997.