Therapeutic supplementation of caprylic acid in feed reduces Campylobacter jejuni colonization in broiler chicks

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 4564-4566

  Solis De Los Santos, F ^a   Donoghue, A M ^b   Venkitanarayanan, K ^c   Reyes Herrera, I ^a   Metcalf, J H ^a   Dirain, M L ^a   Aguiar, V F ^a   Blore, P J ^a   Donoghue, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNING; FATTY ACIDS; FOOD PRESERVATION;

AMERICAN SOCIETY; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTER SPECIES; CAPRYLIC ACID; FOOD BORNE ILLNESS;

HEALTH;

FATTY ACID; OCTANOIC ACID;

ARTIFICIAL DIET; BACTERIUM; COLONIZATION; FATTY ACID; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; POULTRY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; POULTRY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CECUM; CHICKENS; FOOD ADDITIVES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; OCTANOIC ACIDS; POULTRY DISEASES;

CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 47749119256     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02528-07     Document Type: Article

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