Intestinal mucus protects Campylobacter jejuni in the ceca of colonized broiler chickens against the bactericidal effects of medium-chain fatty acids

Poultry Science

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1144-1155

  Hermans, D ^a   Martel, A ^a   van Deun, K ^a   Verlinden, M ^a   van Immerseel, F ^a   Garmyn, A ^a   Messens, W ^b   Heyndrickx, M ^b   Haesebrouck, F ^a   Pasmans, F ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Broiler chicken; Campylobacter jejuni; Chicken intestinal mucus; Medium chain fatty acid

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; GALLUS GALLUS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CECUM; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MUCUS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CECUM; CHICKENS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUCUS; POULTRY DISEASES;

EID: 77954638961     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2010-00717     Document Type: Article

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