Effects of in ovo probiotic administration on the incidence of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli in broilers and an evaluation on its virulence and antimicrobial resistance properties

Effects of in ovo probiotic administration on the incidence of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli in broilers and an evaluation on its virulence and antimicrobial resistance properties

Avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) causes colibacillosis in poultry, which has been traditionally controlled by the prophylactic in-feed supplementation of antibiotics. However, antibiotics are being removed from poultry diets owing to the emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria. There...

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Main Authors: Tianmin Li, Claudia D. Castañeda, Julio Miotto, Chris McDaniel, Aaron S. Kiess, Li Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-03-01
Series:Poultry Science
Subjects:
in ovo inoculation
Lactobacillus
multidrug-resistant
real-time PCR detection
virulence gene
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579120309548

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