Type C and C/D toxigenic Clostridium botulinum is not normally present in the intestine of healthy broilers

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 165, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 466-468

  Hardy, Simon P ^a   Kaldhusdal, Magne ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Botulism; Broiler; Clostridium botulinum; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BOTULISM; BROILER; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE C; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE D; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

AVES; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM;

ANIMALS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; BOTULISM; CHICKENS; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INTESTINES; POULTRY DISEASES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84892951153     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2013.03.022     Document Type: Article

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