Identification of changes in the composition of ileal bacterial microbiota of broiler chickens infected with Clostridium perfringens

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 116-121

  Feng, Yanni ^a,b   Gong, Joshua ^b   Yu, Hai ^b   Jin, Yaping ^a   Zhu, Jing ^b,c   Han, Yanming ^d  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUELPH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Nutreco Canada Agresearch   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chickens; Clostridium perfringens; DGGE; Lactobacillus; QPCR

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHICKEN; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTERITIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ILEUM; LACTOBACILLUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY DISEASES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GALLUS GALLUS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS AVIARIUS;

EID: 71849099462     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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