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Molecular and phenotypical characterization of Clostridium perfringens isolates from poultry flocks with different disease status.
Veterinary microbiology - 10 Mar 2006
Gholamiandekhordi Ahmad R, Ducatelle Richard, Heyndrickx Marc, Haesebrouck Freddy, Van Immerseel Filip
Abstract excerpt
Due to the diminished use of growth-promoting antibiotics in the European Union, Clostridium perfringens induced necrotic enteritis and subclinical disease have become important threats to poultry health. A study was set up to genotypically and phenotypically characterise C. perfringens isolates from poultry flocks with different health status. Animals from healthy flocks were sampled by cloacal swabs, while...
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