Hybridization of 2,659 Clostridium perfringens isolates with gene probes for seven toxins (α, β, ε, ι, θ, μ, and enterotoxin) and for sialidase

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 496-501

  Daube, Georges ^a   Simon, Patricia ^a   Limbourg, Bernard ^b   Manteca, Christophe ^a   Mainil, Jacques ^a   Kaeckenbeeck, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Fed Lutte les Maladies Animales ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; PRIMER DNA; SIALIDASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CAT; CATTLE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DEER; DNA PROBE; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FISH; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; GOAT; HORSE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POULTRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATS; CATTLE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DEER; DNA PRIMERS; DNA PROBES; DOGS; FISHES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENES, BACTERIAL; GOATS; HORSES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURAMINIDASE; POULTRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE;

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