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New cause identified for necrotic enteritis in chicken

Researchers from Monash University and CSIRO Livestock Industries have demonstrated for the first time that alpha-toxin protein, long thought to be required for necrotic enteritis to develop, is not the main cause of the chicken disease. The study, published Feb. 8 in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens, provides insight into one of the world's most common and financially crippling poultry diseases.

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