An experimental group of one-day-old chicken from a commercial hatchery was given a defined mixture of 7 gut anaerobes. The next day the chicks were inoculated by an APEC strain O78:H4-ST117 resistant to ciprofloxacin, alongside with the control group and monitored for 4 wk after the inoculation for the presence of the colonizing strains and ciprofloxacin-resistant E. coli. Significant reduction of colonization rates in the first 2 wk was recorded in the experimental group for the numbers of ciprofloxacin-resistant E. coli. The results show that colonization of chicken by defined anaerobic mixtures may provide a decisive protection during the critical period of the chicken intestinal microflora development.

Institute of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Veterinary Sciences Brno Brno The Czech Republic

RECETOX Faculty of Science Masaryk University Brno The Czech Republic

Veterinary Research Institute Brno The Czech Republic

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