TY - JOUR AU - Zaytsoff, Sarah J. M. AU - Lyons, Sarah M. AU - Garner, Alexander M. AU - Uwiera, Richard R. E. AU - Zandberg, Wesley F. AU - Abbott, D. Wade AU - Inglis, G. Douglas PY - 2020 DA - 2020/05/06 TI - Host responses to Clostridium perfringens challenge in a chicken model of chronic stress JO - Gut Pathogens SP - 24 VL - 12 IS - 1 AB - This study utilized a chicken model of chronic physiological stress mediated by corticosterone (CORT) administration to ascertain how various host metrics are altered upon challenge with Clostridium perfringens. Necrotic enteritis (NE) is a disease of the small intestine of chickens incited by C. perfringens, which can result in elevated morbidity and mortality. The objective of the current study was to investigate how physiological stress alters host responses and predisposes birds to subclinical NE. SN - 1757-4749 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13099-020-00362-9 DO - 10.1186/s13099-020-00362-9 ID - Zaytsoff2020 ER -