Effect of bacteriophage application on Campylobacter jejuni loads in commercial broiler flocks

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 7525-7533

  Kittler, Sophie ^a   Fischer, Samuel ^a   Abdulmawjood, Amir ^a   Glünder, Gerhard ^a   Kleina, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROILER FLOCKS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTER SPP; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; DETECTION LIMITS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

BACTERIOPHAGES; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; POULTRY; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; FECES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CARRIER STATE; FECES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84888247698     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02703-13     Document Type: Article

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