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Cecal colonization of chicks by porcine strains of Campylobacter coli.
Avian diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Ziprin Richard L, Hume Michael E, Young Colin R, Harvey Roger B
Abstract excerpt
Ten genotypically distinct strains of Campylobacter coli were isolated from a swine production facility. These porcine isolates were then orally inoculated into day-of-hatch leghorn chicks and were excellent colonizers of the chick cecum. Campylobacter coli recovered from inoculated chickens were genotypically identical to the challenge strain. The absence of host specificity suggests a possible movement of...
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