Candice Blue

I. INTRODUCTIONNecrotic enteritis (NE), caused by toxins produced by the bacterium Clostridium perfringens, is a major enteric disease in commercial poultry with associated annual economic losses estimated at $6 billion worldwide (Wade and Keyburn, 2015). In broiler production, much of these costs are attributed to subclinical NE resulting in reduced performance associated with compromised integri ...