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From: Fumonisins affect the intestinal microbial homeostasis in broiler chickens, predisposing to necrotic enteritis

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NE lesion score of individual broiler chickens challenged with C. perfringens. Chickens were fed either a control diet or a FBs contaminated diet. Subsequently, birds were orally inoculated with C. perfringens strain 56. Macroscopic intestinal NE lesions in the small intestine (duodenum to ileum) were scored as follow; 0 no gross lesions; 1 small focal necrosis or ulceration (one to five foci); 2 focal necrosis or ulceration (six to 15 foci); 3 focal necrosis or ulceration (16 or more); 4 patches of necrosis of 2 to 3 cm long; 5 diffuse necrosis typical field cases. Chickens with NE lesions scores of 1 or more were categorized as NE positive. No effect was observed on the mean lesion scores of NE positive chickens.

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