Research Note: A mixture of Bacteroides spp. and other probiotic intestinal anaerobes reduces colonization by pathogenic E. coli strain O78:H4-ST117 in newly hatched chickens

An experimental group of one-day-old chicken from a commercial hatchery was given a defined mixture of 7 gut anaerobes. The next day the chicks were inoculated by an APEC strain O78:H4-ST117 resistant to ciprofloxacin, alongside with the control group and monitored for 4 wk after the inoculation for...

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Main Authors: Aneta Papouskova, Ivan Rychlik, Danka Harustiakova, Alois Cizek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-04-01
Series:Poultry Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579123000536