Medium chain fatty acid feed supplementation reduces the probability of Campylobacter jejuni colonization in broilers

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 2-4, 2010, Pages 314-318

  van Gerwe, Twan ^a   Bouma, Annemarie ^a   Klinkenberg, Don ^b   Wagenaar, Jaap A ^a,b,c   Jacobs Reitsma, Wilma F ^b   Stegeman, Arjan ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WHO Collaborating Center for /OIE Reference Laboratory for Campylobacteriosis   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Broiler; Campylobacter; Dose response; Fatty acid; Feed supplementation

Indexed keywords

MEDIUM CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM TRANSDUCTION; BODY WEIGHT; BROILER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FECES ANALYSIS; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CARRIER STATE; CHICKENS; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FATTY ACIDS; POULTRY DISEASES;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 77953120405     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.11.029     Document Type: Article

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