Good news for chicken farmers: European researchers have
developed a vaccine for necrotic enteritis.
Europeans were keenly interested in finding a way to control
the condition ever since antibiotics were banned as growth promotants for
chickens.
The research was a joint effort of the University of
Exeter, England, Ghent University in Belgium and Birkbeck College at the
University of London.
They identified a non-toxic form of NetB that
can be used to develop immunities.
NetB is a toxin that is produced by bacteria,
and NetB is what causes the damage to birds’ intestines.
