The Mycotoxin Deoxynivalenol Predisposes for the Development of Clostridium perfringens-Induced Necrotic Enteritis in Broiler Chickens

• Gunther Antonissen ,

  * E-mail: Gunther.Antonissen@UGent.be

  Affiliations Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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• Filip Van Immerseel ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Filip Van Immerseel, Frank Pasmans

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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• Frank Pasmans ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Filip Van Immerseel, Frank Pasmans

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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• Richard Ducatelle,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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• Freddy Haesebrouck,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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• Leen Timbermont,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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• Marc Verlinden,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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• Geert Paul Jules Janssens,

  Affiliation Department of Nutrition, Genetics and Ethology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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• Venessa Eeckhaut,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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• Mia Eeckhout,

  Affiliation Department of Applied Biosciences, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Sarah De Saeger,

  Affiliation Department of Bio-analysis, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Sabine Hessenberger,

  Affiliation Biomin Research Center, Tulln, Austria

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• An Martel ,

  ¶These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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• Siska Croubels

  ¶These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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