Prevalence and Molecular Characteristics of Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli in “No Antibiotics Ever” Broiler Farms

Prevalence and Molecular Characteristics of Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli in “No Antibiotics Ever” Broiler Farms

ABSTRACT Avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) causes significant economic and welfare concerns to the broiler industry. For several decades, prophylactic supplementation of antimicrobial growth promoters was the primary method to control APEC; however, the recent shift to no antibiotics ever (NA...

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Main Authors: Courtney A. Fancher, Hudson T. Thames, Mary Gates Colvin, Mercedes Smith, Alyssa Easterling, Nikhil Nuthalapati, Li Zhang, Aaron Kiess, Thu T. N. Dinh, Anuraj Theradiyil Sukumaran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2021-12-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
APEC
broiler
virulence
antimicrobial susceptibility
colibacillosis
Escherichia coli
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/Spectrum.00834-21

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