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Animal Microbiome, 2020 Background Comprehensive studies of wild bird microbiomes are often limited by difficulties of sample acquisition. However, widely used non-invasive cloacal swab methods and under-explored museum specimens preserved in alcohol provide promising avenues ...
Kasun H. Bodawatta +4 more
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Avian Influenza Virus Surveillance in Wild Birds in Georgia: 2009-2011 [PDF]
, 2013 The Caucasus, at the border of Europe and Asia, is important for migration and over-wintering of wild waterbirds. Three flyways, the Central Asian, East Africa-West Asia, and Mediterranean/Black Sea flyways, converge in the Caucasus region.
Ann Machablishvili +30 more
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Investigation of Clostridium perfringens in small-scale commercial broiler flocks in Mymensingh district of Bangladesh [PDF]
Veterinary World, 2021 Background and Aim: Necrotic enteritis (NE) is one of the most prevalent diseases in broiler poultry caused by Clostridium perfringens connected with significant economic losses. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Mymensingh district of Bangladesh
Arunima Oarin Tresha +5 more
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EVALUATION OF Salmonella pullorum SHEDDING IN JAPANESE QUAILS (Coturnix coturnix)
Ciência Animal Brasileira, 2016 Salmonella Pullorum is a pathogen that infects several species of birds, mainly offspring, and among them, quails. Therefore, this study was performed in order to evaluate the S.
Roberta Cristina Rocha-e-Silva +5 more
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Cloacal swabs are unreliable sources for estimating lower gastro-intestinal tract microbiota in chicken [PDF]
, 2020 Abstract BackgroundThe gastrointestinal microbiota in chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) has a central role in health and performance. The ceca are a vital site of functional activity, but assessing cecal microbiota in longitudinal studies remains a challenge. The cecal communities are broadly similar to large intestine samples.
Travis John Williams, Giridhar N Athrey
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Comparison of total immunoglobulin A levels in different samples in Leghorn and broiler chickens
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2017 Objective: To standardize an ELISA protocol to quantify total immunoglobulin A (IgA) from different biological samples. Methods: Two independent experiments were conducted.
Rubén Merino-Guzmán +10 more
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Changes in dominant Escherichia coli and antimicrobial resistance after 24 hr in fecal matter. [PDF]
, 2018 Intestinal bacteria carry antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes in mobile genetic elements which have the potential to spread to bacteria in other animal hosts including humans.
Barrera, Sofía +3 more
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A comparison of enrichment media for the isolation of salmonellae from seagull cloacal swabs [PDF]
Journal of Hygiene, 1983 SUMMARYThe relative efficiency of three selective enrichment broths (Muller-Kauffmann tetrathionate, Rappaport's and selenite F) was investigated for the isolation of salmonellae from seagull cloacal swabs. Pre-enrichment in buffered peptone water was employed throughout the study, which involved the examination of 560 gulls, sixty (10·7%) of which ...
C R, Fricker, R W, Girdwood, D, Munro
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Corvidae Feather Pulp and West Nile Virus Detection
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2004 We evaluated cloacal swab, vascular pulp of flight feather, and kidney and spleen pool samples from carcasses of members of the family Corvidae as sources of West Nile virus (WNV). The cloacal swab, kidney and spleen pool, and feather pulp, respectively,
Douglas E. Docherty +3 more
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Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, 2021 Foodborne pathogens like E. coli are considered as the major causes of foodborne illness in humans worldwide. The present study was undertaken to determine the occurrence of E. coli in cloacal samples of broiler chicken from Kollam and Kottayam districts.
S. Afsal +5 more
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