Reproducible infection model for Clostridium perfringens in broiler chickens

Avian Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-39

  Pedersen, Karl ^a,b   Bjerrum, Lotte ^a   Heuer, Ole Eske ^a   Lo Fo Wong, Danilo M A ^a   Nauerby, Birgitte ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Broiler; Clostridium; Clostridium perfringens; Infection model; Necrotic enteritis; Subclinical

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; JEJUNUM; MICROBIOLOGY; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; JEJUNUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NECROSIS; POULTRY DISEASES; PROTOZOAN VACCINES;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 41849099960     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/7955-022307-Reg     Document Type: Article

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