A wheat-based diet enhances colonization with the intestinal spirochaete Brachyspira intermedia in experimentally infected laying hens

Avian Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 451-457

  Phillips, Nyree D ^a   La, Tom ^a   Pluske, John R ^a   Hampson, David J ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BODY WATER; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; CLOACA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPIROCHETE; SPIROCHETE INFECTION; WHEAT;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY WATER; CHICKENS; CLOACA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYMES; FECES; FEMALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY DISEASES; SPIROCHAETALES; SPIROCHAETALES INFECTIONS; TRITICUM;

AVES; BRACHYSPIRA INTERMEDIA; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; SPIROCHAETA; SPIROCHAETES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 4644330229     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0307945042000260620     Document Type: Article

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