Colonization patterns of Enterococcus cecorum in two different broiler production cycles detected with a newly developed quantitative real-time PCR

Colonization patterns of Enterococcus cecorum in two different broiler production cycles detected with a newly developed quantitative real-time PCR

Abstract Background Although Enterococcus cecorum (EC) infection is one of the most important bacterial diseases in modern broiler chickens today, many aspects of epidemiology and pathogenesis are still unknown. There is a need for better detection methods for EC than classical cultivation. In the p...

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Main Authors: Arne Jung, Henning Petersen, Lydia Teske, Silke Rautenschlein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Subjects:
Enterococcus cecorum infection
Quantitative real-time PCR
Colonization
Broiler chicken
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12866-017-1021-7

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