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Live attenuated vaccine-based control of necrotic enteritis of broiler chickens.
Veterinary microbiology - 10 Mar 2006
Thompson D R, Parreira V R, Kulkarni R R, Prescott J F
Abstract excerpt
A vaccine for necrotic enteritis (NE) of chickens would reduce the current need to prevent or treat the disease in broiler chickens with antimicrobial drugs. The objective of this study was to understand aspects of immunity to the disease. The first experiment examined the virulence of six strains of Clostridium perfringens isolated from cases of NE in broiler chickens. Using a 5-day experimental oral infection...
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