NECROTIC ENTERITIS IN BROILER CHICKENS IN ASSIUT GOVERNORATE

Document Type : Research article

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Animal Health Research Institute Assiut Regional Laboratory

Abstract

Sixty intestinal samples of broiler chickens 4-6 weeks old were collected from private chicken farms in Assiut Governorate, direct microscopic examination of intestinal and cecal smeares revealed that 75 % of samples were positive to either intestinal/cecal or even mixed coccidiosis.
30 samples (50 %. In vitro Clostridium perfringens was isolated from
test indicated that Neomycin, Epicillin, Thiamphenicol, sensitivity
and oxytetracycline were highly effective against tested Kitamox
clostridium isolates. Experimental infection by oral route to 3 days old chicks lead to 80% mortality.

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