title: Effect of Eimeria tenella infection on the caecal population of lincomycin-resistant Clostridium perfringens introduced into chickens.
abstract: The effect of Eimeria tenella infection on the caecal population of lincomycin-resistant Clostridium perfringens (KGW 851) newly introduced into chickens was studied. Four groups of chickens consisted of: (1) Uninoculated controls; (2) inoculated with C perfringens (KGW 851); (3) inoculated with E tenella; and (4) inoculated with C perfringens (KGW 851) followed by E tenella. Five chickens in each group were necropsied on each of days 0, 3, 5, 7, 10 and 14 after the E tenella inoculation. The mean total C perfringens counts in the caecal contents increased at five days after E tenella inoculation and reached maximum counts at seven days after the inoculation. Also lincomycin-resistant C perfringens readily established itself at approximately one 10th of the total C perfringens population in the presence or absence of E tenella infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Agriculture, University of Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Baba
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukata
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arakawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002432:Cecum / Q000382:microbiology*; D002645:Chickens / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D003016:Clostridium perfringens / Q000187:drug effects*; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D008034:Lincomycin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology*
chemical_list: D008034:Lincomycin