Intra-cluster correlations for ceca Salmonella prevalence and enumeration from 40 experimental floor pen trials in broiler chickens using a seeder bird challenge model

ABSTRACT: Floor pen trials are an efficient way to evaluate the effectiveness of potential Salmonella control interventions in broiler chickens. When treatments are allocated at the pen level, and outcomes are measured at the individual bird level, floor pen studies are considered to be cluster rand...

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Main Authors: Roy D. Berghaus, Virginia A. Baxter, Matthew K. Jones, Charles L. Hofacre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-10-01
Series:Poultry Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579122003911