Gene expression profiling of Clostridium Perfringens infection in broilers on medicated and non-medicated diets.
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ORGANISM(S): Gallus gallus
SUBMITTER: Huaijun Zhou
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-14759 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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Gene expression profiling within the spleen of Clostridium perfringens-challenged broilers fed antibiotic-medicated and non-medicated diets.
Sarson Aimie J AJ Wang Ying Y Kang Zhumei Z Dowd Scot E SE Lu Yang Y Yu Hai H Han Yanming Y Zhou Huaijun H Gong Joshua J
BMC genomics 20090607
<h4>Background</h4>Clostridium perfringens (Cp) is a Gram-positive anaerobic bacterium that causes necrotic enteritis (NE) in poultry when it overgrows in the small intestine. NE disease has previously been controlled through the use of growth-promoting antibiotics. This practice was recently banned in European countries, leading to significantly increased incidence of NE threatening the poultry industry. Control strategies and technology as substitutes to dietary antibiotics are therefore urgen ...[more]
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