Evaluation of Aviguard, a Commercial Competitive Exclusion Product for Efficacy and After-Effect on the Antibody Response of Chicks to Salmonella

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2002-04-22

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Department Of Microbiology, Faculty Of Natural And Applied Sciences, Nasarawa State University, Keffi.

Abstract

The competitive exclusion (CE) action of Aviguard (AG) and its effects on the antibody response of chicks were evaluated in this study. We observed that AG protected the chicks from overwhelming colonization. Fourteen days after infection, fewer AG-pretreated than non-pretreated chicks shed salmonellae from their coloacain both infected groups,although much less from SE-infected chicks. Antibody titers of sera produced to Salmonella typhimurium(ST)and SE inpretreated and non-pretreated chicks were not significantly different.

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competitive exclusion, Salmonella enteritidis, Salmonella typhimurium

Citation

Nakamura, A. & E.tel (2002) Evaluation of Aviguard, a Commercial Competitive Exclusion Product for Efficacy and After-Effect on the Antibody Response of Chicks to Salmonella

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