Campylobacter colonization and proliferation in the broiler chicken upon natural field challenge is not affected by the bird growth rate or breed

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 6733-6738

  Gormley, Fraser J ^a   Bailey, Richard A ^a   Watson, Kellie A ^a   McAdam, Jim ^a   Avendaño, Santiago ^a   Stanley, William A ^a   Koerhuis, Alfons N M ^a  

^a Aviagen   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; GROWTH RATE;

BROILER CHICKENS; CHICKEN FLOCKS; COLONIZATION DYNAMICS; COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS; CONSUMER PREFERENCES; FIELD CONDITIONS; HEALTH PERSPECTIVE; POULTRY INDUSTRY;

ANIMALS;

COLONIZATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; POULTRY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; CAMPYLOBACTER;

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL LOAD; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CECUM; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL LOAD; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CARRIER STATE; CECUM; CHICKENS; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN;

EID: 84914140040     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02162-14     Document Type: Article

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