Growth of Salmonella typhimurium in the caecum of gnotobiotic chickens with Eimeria tenella.
Gnotobiotic chickens infected with Eimeria tenella (5 X 10(4) oocysts per bird) received an oral inoculation of 100 Salmonella typhimurium two, four, six or eight days after coccidial infection at four days old. When S typhimurium was given two or four days after E tenella infection, S typhimurium counts in the caecal contents were similar to the counts in birds infected with S typhimurium alone. When S typhimurium was given six or eight days after E tenella infection, counts of the organism were significantly greater than with S typhimurium infection alone. There were no differences in the number of chickens positive for S typhimurium in the caecal contents, bile, liver and spleen between the two groups.
D000818:Animals; D001646:Bile / Q000382:microbiology; D002432:Cecum / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D002645:Chickens; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005856:Germ-Free Life; D008099:Liver / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000254:growth & development*; D013154:Spleen / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D013997:Time Factors