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NetB-producing and beta2-producing Clostridium perfringens associated with subclinical necrotic enteritis in laying hens in the Netherlands.
Avian pathology : journal of the W.V.P.A - 1 Dec 2012
Allaart Janneke G, de Bruijn Naomi D, van Asten Alphons J A M, Fabri Teun H F, Gröne Andrea
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Since 2006 increasing numbers of laying hen flocks with decreased production have been reported in the Netherlands. At necropsy, birds from affected flocks showed multifocal areas of necrosis in the duodenum. Histologically the duodenum had moderate to marked villus atrophy and fusion with crypt hyperplasia and a mixed inflammatory infiltrate within the lamina propria underlying focal areas of degenerative...
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