Impact of a Single Phage and a Phage Cocktail Application in Broilers on Reduction of Campylobacter jejuni and Development of Resistance

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Fischer, Samuel ^a   Kittler, Sophie ^a   Klein, Günter ^a   Glünder, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BUFFER; CALCIUM CARBONATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIRD; BROILER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; COLONY FORMING UNIT; INOCULATION; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGES; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKENS; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84886889886     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078543     Document Type: Article

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