Article
Hepatic Transcriptomic Landscape of Chicken Reveals Host Responses to Spotty Liver Disease
2026-03-23
Abstract excerpt
Spotty Liver Disease (SLD) is an acute bacterial infection of layer chickens in production, caused by Campylobacter hepaticus , and occurs most frequently in barn-housed and free-range systems. The disease is characterized by a sharp decline in egg production and increased mortality. The hallmark pathological feature is 1-2 mm white to grey necrotic foci distributed across the liver surface. Despite its growing e...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 9cdfe5e9-c7de-514f-9c7d-e363cff399ba
- DOI
- 10.64898/2026.03.21.713329
