Changes in the caecal microflora of chickens following Clostridium perfringens challenge to induce necrotic enteritis

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 159, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 155-162

  Stanley, Dragana ^a   Keyburn, Anthony L ^a   Denman, Stuart E ^b   Moore, Robert J ^a,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Chicken; Clostridium perfringens; Microbiota; Necrotic enteritis

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIRD; CECUM; CHICKEN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INTESTINE FLORA; IRRITABLE COLON; MICROFLORA; MOLLICUTES; NECROTIZING ENTERITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PYROSEQUENCING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WEISSELLA; ANIMAL; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; ENTERITIS; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GALLUS GALLUS; MOLLICUTES; WEISSELLA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIODIVERSITY; CECUM; CHICKENS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTERITIS; POPULATION DENSITY; POULTRY DISEASES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 84864613327     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.03.032     Document Type: Article

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