Co-infections of Enterococcus cecorum and various avian pathogens resulted in varying rates of SPF broilers with an E. cecorum infection.

Publication date: Aug 01, 2025

Typical E. cecorum lesions can be reproduced in SPF broilers after intravenous, aerosol and oral inoculations. The respiratory route is potentially an infection route for pathogenic E. cecorum bacteria. Co-infections tested in this study or dexamethasone do not exacerbate the proportion of E. cecorum lesions. M.s. in combination with IBV or NDV vaccines exacerbates the proportion of positive reisolations. Immunosuppression induced by early CAV infection increases the proportion of positive reisolations.

Concepts Keywords
Avian Animals
Bacteria chicken anaemia virus
Immunosuppression Chickens
Increases co-infection
Pathogenic Coinfection
Dexamethasone
Dexamethasone
dexamethasone
Enterococcus
Enterococcus cecorum
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
Infectious bronchitis virus
infectious bronchitis virus
Mycoplasma synoviae
Newcastle disease virus
Poultry Diseases
Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms
SPF broilers
Viral Vaccines
Viral Vaccines

Semantics

Type Source Name
disease MESH Co-infections
disease MESH infection
disease IDO bacteria
drug DRUGBANK Dexamethasone
disease IDO immunosuppression
disease MESH Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
disease MESH Poultry Diseases
disease IDO pathogen

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