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The genomic architecture of resistance to Campylobacter jejuni intestinal colonisation in chickens.
BMC genomics - 18 Apr 2016
Psifidi A, Fife M, Howell J, Matika O, van Diemen P M, Kuo R, Smith J, Hocking P M, Salmon N, Jones M A, Hume D A, Banos G, Stevens M P, Kaiser P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Campylobacter is the leading cause of foodborne diarrhoeal illness in humans and is mostly acquired from consumption or handling of contaminated poultry meat. In the absence of effective licensed vaccines and inhibitors, selection for chickens with increased resistance to Campylobacter could potentially reduce its subsequent entry into the food chain. Campylobacter intestinal colonisation levels are...
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