Genotyping of Clostridium perfringens by polymerase chain reaction is a useful adjunct to diagnosis of clostridial enteric disease in animals

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Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 197-203

  Songer, J Glenn ^a   Meer, Ralph R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal enteric disease; Clostridium perfringens; Diagnosis; Genotyping; PCR

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 0030221082     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anae.1996.0027     Document Type: Article

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