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Effect of oregano essential oil on chicken lactobacilli and E. coli
K Horosová1, D Bujnáková, V Kmet
1Institute of Animal Physiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Kosice, Slovakia. horosova@saske.sk
Folia Microbiologica
|September 30, 2006
Abstract:
The effect of the oregano essential oil (EO) on lactobacilli and E. coli isolated from chicken was showed in the series of in vitro and in vivo experiments. Minimum inhibitory concentrations of amikacin, apramycin, streptomycin, neomycin against E. coli strains increased after oral application of EO.
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