Necrotic Enteritis
Necrotic Enteritis Derived Clostridium perfringens Strain with Three Closely Related Independently Conjugative Toxin and Antibiotic Resistance Plasmids
... avian necrotic enteritis involves NetB, a pore-forming toxin produced by virulent avian isolates of Clostridium perfringens type ...tetracycline-resistant necrotic enteritis strain EHE-NE18, ...
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Natural plant extracts and prebiotic compounds as alternatives to antibiotics in broiler chicken diets in a necrotic enteritis challenge model
... Necrotic enteritis (NE) is an acute or chronic enterotoxaemia caused by Clostridium perfringens (van der Sluis 2003; Williams 2005). C. perfringens is a Gram-positive, obligate anaerobic, spore-forming ...
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Analysis of hepatic transcriptome demonstrates altered lipid metabolism following Lactobacillus johnsonii BS15 prevention in chickens with subclinical necrotic enteritis
... Subclinical necrotic enteritis (SNE) of broiler chickens is characterized by the intestinal damage and growth-slowing without mortality ...and necrotic enteritis diseases in broiler chickens ...
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Genome analysis of Clostridium perfringens isolates from healthy and necrotic enteritis infected chickens and turkeys
... Objective: Clostridium perfringens causes gastrointestinal diseases in both humans and domestic animals. Type A strains expressing the NetB toxin are the main cause of necrotic enteritis (NE) in chickens, ...
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Complete genome sequences of Clostridium perfringens Del1 strain isolated from chickens affected by necrotic enteritis
... Background: Clostridium perfringens is ubiquitous in nature. It is a normal inhabitant in the intestinal tract of animals and humans. As the primary etiological agent of gas gangrene, necrosis and bacteremia, C. ...
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Perfrin, a novel bacteriocin associated with netB positive Clostridium perfringens strains from broilers with necrotic enteritis
... The nature of the inhibitory components responsible for the intra-species growth-inhibition in necrotic enteritis associated C. perfringens strains was hitherto unknown. The antibacterial peptide identified ...
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Multilocus Sequence Typing Analysis of Clostridium perfringens Isolates from Necrotic Enteritis Outbreaks in Broiler Chicken Populations
... Clostridium perfringens is an important pathogen of animals and humans and is the causative agent of necrotic enteritis (NE) in poultry. This study focuses on the typing of intestinal C. perfringens ...
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Effects of Bacillus licheniformis on the growth performance and expression of lipid metabolism-related genes in broiler chickens challenged with Clostridium perfringens-induced necrotic enteritis
... Effect of Bacillus licheniformis on the serum biochemical parameters of broilers infected with necrotic enteritis The serum lipid parameters are presented in Fig. 1. The serum levels of triglycerides (TG) ...
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Maternal immunization with vaccines containing recombinant NetB toxin partially protects progeny chickens from necrotic enteritis
... gene found almost exclusively in chicken isolates [20,21]. The strain used to generate the toxoid in this current study (EHE-NE18) is a strain that was isolated from a chicken with necrotic enteritis and is ...
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Preventing subclinical necrotic enteritis through Lactobacillus johnsonii BS15 by ameliorating lipid metabolism and intestinal microflora in broiler chickens
... tion of the normal group, SNE infection was treated for the remaining experimental period after the chicks were fed with normal diet 14 days. Results showed that BS15 notably suppressed the SNE-induced loss of average ...
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Protection against avian necrotic enteritis after immunisation with NetB genetic or formaldehyde toxoids
... (necrotic enteritis toxin B) is a recently identified -pore-forming toxin produced by Clostridium ...necrotic enteritis. In recent years, a dramatic increase in necrotic ...
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Vaccination with recombinant NetB toxin partially protects broiler chickens from necrotic enteritis
... [5]. Necrotic enteritis in chickens is a notable exception; it is an economically important clostridial disease for which there are limited vaccines ...Although necrotic enteritis has been ...
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Clostridium perfringens the causal agent of necrotic enteritis in poultry
... Necrotic entertis in other animals can be prevented by vaccination (Songer, 1996). So far there is no available vaccine to prevent NE in broilers. However, some recent studies have shown promising results, which ...
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The Effect of a Lactobacillus Based Probiotic for the Control of Necrotic Enteritis in Broilers
... Necrotic Enteritis (NE) caused by Clostridium perfringens (CP) in poultry is probably the most important bacterial dis- ease in terms of economic ...of necrotic enteritis in broiler ...
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Recombinant Attenuated Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Expressing the Carboxy-Terminal Domain of Alpha Toxin from Clostridium perfringens Induces Protective Responses against Necrotic Enteritis in Chickens
... Clostridium perfringens-induced necrotic enteritis (NE) is a widespread disease in chickens that causes high mortality and reduced growth performance. Traditionally, NE was controlled by the routine ...
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A Live Oral Recombinant Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Vaccine Expressing Clostridium perfringens Antigens Confers Protection against Necrotic Enteritis in Broiler Chickens
... Necrotic enteritis (NE) in broiler chickens is caused by Clos- tridium perfringens. This disease poses a resurging threat to the poultry industry in jurisdictions where there has been a ban on the use of ...
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Clostridium perfringens Antigens Recognized by Broiler Chickens Immune to Necrotic Enteritis
... Little is known about immunity to necrotic enteritis (NE) in chickens. A recent study of broiler chickens showed that protection against NE was associated with infection-immunization with virulent but not ...
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Immunization of Broiler Chickens against Clostridium perfringens-Induced Necrotic Enteritis
... Necrotic enteritis (NE) in broiler chickens is caused by Clostridium perfringens. Currently, no vaccine against NE is available and immunity to NE is not well characterized. Our previous studies showed that ...
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Toxin Genotyping of C. perfringens Isolated from Broiler Cases of Necrotic Enteritis
... Necrotic Enteritis (NE) is one of the most important diseases in poultry which destroys the intestinal lining cells of the digestive tract occurring outbreaks in broilers from 2- 5 weeks of ...
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The successful experimental induction of necrotic enteritis in chickens by Clostridium perfringens: a critical review
... Necrotic enteritis (NE) in chickens, first reported by Parish [1], is an enteric disease caused by C. perfringens, a Gram-positive anaerobic spore-forming, rod-shaped bacterium [2]. According to the current ...
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