Article
Further studies on the inhibition of colonization of the chicken alimentary tract with Salmonella typhimurium by pre-colonization with an avirulent mutant.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Jun 1990
Berchieri A, Barrow P A
Abstract excerpt
Oral administration to newly hatched chickens or to chicks up to 5 days of age with an avirulent, rough, spectinomycin-resistant mutant of Salmonella typhimurium strain F98 inhibited the colonization of a nalidixic acid-resistant mutant of the same strain administered by the same route 1 day later. The second strain passed rapidly through the alimentary tract and persisted in the caeca of only a few chickens....
Topics
- Animal Feed
- Animals
- Cecum
- Chickens
- Colony Count, Microbial
- Digestive System
- Mutation
- Poultry Diseases
- Salmonella Infections, Animal
- Salmonella typhimurium
- Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms