Avian colibacillosis has been reported in birds of all ages and in the intensive poultry production colibacilllosis is one of the most important health and economical problem. Although Escherichia coli (E. coli) is a normal inhabitant of the gastrointestinal tract of poultry; however, some strains can induce severe disease in birds. Such strains are known as avian pathogenic E. coli (APEC). In Slovenia, in the last years infections with APEC caused very high economic losses in broilers as well as in broiler breeders in various form of the disease. In some broiler flocks APEC outbreaks caused as much as 11% mortality. Flocks were treated with antimicrobials, but very often with limited success. This situation called for special attention and further studies were focused on virulence factors of E. coli strains and the detection of antimicrobial susceptibility of isolates. Beside this, possible sources of infection with resistant strains were investigated having in mind possible transition of resistance strains to humans through contaminated meat or via environmental contamination
B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference
COBISS.SI-ID: 4053626Influence of respiratory and immunosupressive pathogens on outbreaks of bacterial diseases (mainly on E.coli) was presented and the importance of establishing effective immunoprophylactic programmes on health status and antimicrobial therapy were discussed.
B.04 Guest lecture
COBISS.SI-ID: 4051322