Preventing necrotic enteritis in broilers

Necrotic enteritis (NE) is a multi-factorial disease, resulting in a negative impact on the poultry industry due to decreased weight gain, increased mortality, lower feed conversion ratio, greater medication costs and increased risk of product contamination. Clostridium perfringens (C. perfringens) is considered to be the main causative agent of NE in birds. However, development of NE is a complex process requiring one or several predisposing factors rather than just the presence of pathogenic