Comprehensive report of an Enterococcus cecorum infection in a broiler flock in Northern Germany

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Jung, Arne ^a   Rautenschlein, Silke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Broiler; Chicken; Condemnation rate; Enterococcus cecorum; Gallus gallus domesticus; Hepatitis; Infection; Osteomyelitis; Pathogenesis; Pericarditis; Route of infection; Septicemia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; GERMANY; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POULTRY DISEASES; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; ENTEROCOCCUS; GERMANY; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; POULTRY DISEASES;

EID: 84965188917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12917-014-0311-7     Document Type: Article

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