Abstract:Avian intestinal spirochaetosis (AIS) is a disease complex affecting adult laying and breeding chickens associated with infection by anaerobic intestinal spirochaetes of the genus Brachyspira.Options for control of AIS are limited, as few effective antimicrobial agents are registered for use in laying chickens. One of the two most commonly encountered pathogenic species in AIS is B.intermedia, and the aim of the current study was to determine whether a B. intermedia bacterin vaccine would help control AIS caus… Show more
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