Genetically modified ruminal bacteria protect sheep from fluoroacetate poisoning

K. Gregg; B. Hamdorf; K. Henderson; J. Kopecny; C.M. Wong

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Genetically modified ruminal bacteria protect sheep from fluoroacetate poisoning

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Genetically modified ruminal bacteria protect sheep from fluoroacetate poisoning

K. Gregg, B. Hamdorf, K. Henderson, J. Kopecny and C.M. Wong

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol.64(9), pp.3496-3498

1998

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Abstract

Four strains of Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens, transformed with a gene encoding fluoroacetate dehalogenase, maintained a combined population of 10(6) to 10(7) cells ml-1 in the rumens of test sheep. Five inoculated sheep showed markedly reduced toxicological symptoms after fluoroacetate poisoning when behavioral, physiological, and histological effects were compared with those of five uninoculated control sheep.

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Title: Genetically modified ruminal bacteria protect sheep from fluoroacetate poisoning
Authors/Creators: K. Gregg (Author/Creator)
B. Hamdorf (Author/Creator)
K. Henderson (Author/Creator)
J. Kopecny (Author/Creator)
C.M. Wong (Author/Creator)
Publication Details: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol.64(9), pp.3496-3498
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Identifiers: 991005542206807891
Murdoch Affiliation: State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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