Experimentally induced necrotic enteritis in chickens.
A 1.3 to 10% incidence of necrotic enteritis was experimentally produced in broiler-type chickens in three of five trials. The incidence range observed was considerably narrower and lower than the 5.6-37.3% range reported in the literature. Clostridium perfringens was inconsistently isolated from the liver and intestine of dosed chickens.
D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000382:microbiology*; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D003016:Clostridium perfringens; D004751:Enteritis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*