Prevalence of Clostridium perfringens type A isolates in commercial broiler chickens and parent broiler breeder hens in Egypt

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 931-941

  Osman, K M ^a   Soliman, Y A ^b   Amin, Z M S ^c   Aly, M A K ^c  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

^b ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Breeders; Broilers; Chickens; Cp toxin; Cp 2 gene; Cp toxin; Egypt; Ep toxin; Necrotic enteritis; Poultry; tx toxin; A toxin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874885604     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: 16080645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.31.3.2169     Document Type: Article

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