title: Protection of young chicks against Salmonella kedougou by administration of intestinal microflora.
abstract: One-day old chickens were treated with a faecal suspension and faecal samples were cultivated either in non-selective broth (Viande Levure broth) or in broths selective for Lactobacillus spp., Bacteroides spp., faecal enterococci and coliforms. The chickens were infected 48 h later with 10(4) colony-forming units of nalidixic-acid resistant Salmonella kedougou and examined seven days later. Faecal suspensions and faecal samples cultivated in non-selective broth exerted a protection against Salmonella infection; no protection was obtained with faecal samples cultivated in selective broths, administered either alone or in combination.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Produzioni e Preparazioni Alimentari, Facoltà Agraria di Foggia, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Massa
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Sarra
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Canganella
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Trovatelli
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001439:Bacteroides / Q000502:physiology; D002645:Chickens / Q000382:microbiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000502:physiology; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000517:prevention & control*