The prevalence of campylobacter amongst a free-range broiler breeder flock was primarily affected by flock age

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Colles, Frances M ^a   McCarthy, Noel D ^a   Layton, Ruth ^b   Maiden, Martin C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b The Food Animal Initiative   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BROILER; CAMPYLOBACTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUN; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD DISEASE; BREEDING; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CHICKEN; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHICKENS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POULTRY DISEASES; RAIN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 83155164510     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022825     Document Type: Article

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