Enterobacteriaceae and Enterococcaceae are the dominant bacterial families translocating to femur heads in broiler chicks Ghent University
As a result of rapid growth of broilers, bacterial chondronecrosis with osteomyelitis has emerged in the last decade, with bacterial translocation from the gut to internal organs, including the femur head. In this study, we isolated translocated bacteria in femur heads, blood, and liver, during ageing of broilers, and identified the bacteria using 16S rDNA sequencing. We also provided histopathological descriptions of femur head lesions. ...