Richard Thiga

May 16, 2023 | frontiersin.org | Fish Medicine |Mohamed Kamal |Joint FAO |Richard Thiga

1 IntroductionAvian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) is an opportunistic and primary pathogen of chickens, which causes colibacillosis. Colibacillosis is a complex of respiratory and systemic diseases that is considered a substantial welfare issue responsible for significant economic losses of poultry production worldwide due to high morbidity, mortality and carcass condemnation (1). The disease can affect all age groups of chickens (1, 2).

Mar 13, 2023 | frontiersin.org | Mohamed Kamal |Richard Thiga

Sina Bagheri1, Taniya Mitra1, Surya Paudel1, Mohamed K. Abdelhamid1, Simon Könnyü1, Viskam Wijewardana2, Richard T. Kangethe2, Giovanni Cattoli2, Manolis Lyrakis1, Claudia Hess1, Michael Hess1 and Dieter Liebhart1* 1University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Austria 2International Atomic Energy Agency, Austria The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon.