Patent ID: 7011964

Claim:
A method for treatment of bacterial infection in chickens having bacterial infection in the absence of therapeutic amounts of antimicrobial drugs, the bacterial infection caused by bacteria selected from the group consisting of Salmonella, Campylobacter, Clostridium perfringens , and mixtures thereof, the method comprising: feeding the chickens a diet which diet is effective for treatment of bacterial infection in chickens caused by bacteria selected from the group consisting of Salmonella, Campylobacter, Clostridium perfringens , and mixtures thereof, the diet including xylanase with the xylanase being present in an amount effective for treatment of the bacterial infection in the absence of an antimicrobial drug or in the presence of an antimicrobial drug at a concentration that in the absence of the xylanase is not effective for treatment of bacterial infection in chickens caused by bacteria selected from the group consisting of Salmonella, Campylobacter, Clostridium perfringens , and mixtures thereof, and the diet not containing an antimicrobial drug or containing an antimicrobial drug at a concentration that is not effective in the absence of the xylanase for treatment of bacterial infection in chickens caused by bacteria selected from the group consisting of Salmonella, Campylobacter, Clostridium perfringens , and mixtures thereof.