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Evaluation of potential alternatives to replace antibiotic growth promoters in broiler chicken diets
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The phasing out of antibiotic growth promoters (AGP) from livestock diets has increased the risk of enteric diseases in broilers; therefore, effective AGP replacements must be found. The objective of this Ph.D. thesis was to investigate three novel products as potential AGP replacements in...
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Necrotic enteritis potential in a model system using Clostridium perfringens isolated from field outbreaks
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Toole, D. L., , Barnum, D. A., Bruce, H. L., Boerlin, P., Chalmers, G.
Necrotic enteritis is an enteric disease of avian species caused by the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium perfringens. The disease is regularly controlled in the broiler chicken industry through the use of antimicrobials in feed, but is re-emerging in areas such as Europe where there is a ban on...