The disease-causing bacteria can get access into the chickens through the eyes, mouth, vents, cuts on the skin, or through ...

Escherichia coli (E coli) peritonitis in chicken layer flocks is one of the primary bacterial diseases for table egg farmers and remains a major issue in intensively raised commercial layers.

Saccharin destabilizes bacterial membranes and interferes with DNA replication, causing lysis and impairing virulence traits.

Scientists have studied E. coli cases in Ireland to try and gain new insights into factors associated with serious infections. Shiga toxin-producing E.