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All treatments under investigation reduced NE mortality compared to a 12.5% mortality rate observed in the positive control. Notably, the combination of CBCS and phage treatment had a 0% mortality rate (P &amp;lt; 0.05), comparable to the negative control. Cp spores and vegetative cells decreased across treatments, with the combination treatment showing the most effective reduction, confirmed by qPCR and plating results.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>CBCS and phage effectively reduced Cp infection and mortality without affecting broiler growth, with a combination of the two treatments being the most effective.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/jambio\/lxag126","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,27]],"date-time":"2026-05-27T11:43:51Z","timestamp":1779882231000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Combined effect of black cumin seeds and bacteriophage in mitigating necrotic enteritis in broiler chickens"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"137","author":[{"given":"Vishal","family":"Manjunaha","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Nutrition and Packaging Sciences, Clemson University Department of Food, , Clemson, SC 29634 ,","place":["United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chinwe H","family":"Justice-Alucho","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clemson University Department of Biological Sciences, , Clemson, SC 29631 ,","place":["United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Brett S","family":"Lumpkins","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clemson University Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, , Clemson, SC 29634 ,","place":["United States"]},{"name":"Southern Poultry Feed & Research, Inc. , Athens, GA 30607 ,","place":["United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gang","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Ocean University of China Department of Food Science and Engineering, , Qingdao 266003 ,","place":["P.R. 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