title: Dual infections of Eimeria tenella and Escherichia coli in chickens.
abstract: The interactive effects of Eimeria tenella and Escherichia coli infection in chickens were investigated. Specific pathogen free chickens inoculated orally with E tenella and challenged four days later with E coli via the air sac showed more severe acute septicaemic lesions and subacute serositis than chickens given E coli alone. Moreover, caecal lesions induced by E tenella were more severe in chickens given both E tenella and E coli than in those given E tenella alone. In contrast, oral inoculation of E coli did not result in acute septicaemic lesions or subacute serositis and had no effect on the severity of the caecal lesions caused by E tenella.
authors: Poultry Disease Laboratory, National Institute of Animal Health, Gifu, Japan.
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Nakamura
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Isobe
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Narita
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002432:Cecum / Q000473:pathology; D002645:Chickens / Q000469:parasitology; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D012700:Serositis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D013047:Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms