Alternatives to antibiotics to prevent necrotic enteritis in broiler chickens: a microbiologist’s perspective.

Since the 2006 European ban on the use of antibiotics as growth promoters in animal feed, numerous studies have been published describing alternative strategies to prevent diseases in animals. A particular focus has been on prevention of necrotic enteritis in poultry caused by Clostridium perfringen...

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Main Authors: Delphine Louise Caly, Romain ed'Inca, Eric eAuclair, Djamel eDrider
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01336/full