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Genotypic diversity of Escherichia coli isolated from cecal content and mucosa of one- to six-week-old broilers.
Poultry science - 1 Dec 2005
Joerger R D, Ross T
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli is a component of the microbiota of the avian digestive tract and is also part of some of the defined cultures used for competitive exclusion of Salmonella. Of particular interest are E. coli that are able to associate with the cecal wall because they might be part of a barrier that block pathogens from attaching and possibly from gaining entrance to intestinal tissues. In this study, repetitive...
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