Most Probable Numbers of Enterotoxigenic Clostridium perfringens in Intestinal Contents of Domestic Livestock Detected by Nested PCR

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 557-560

  Miwa, Norinaga ^a,b   Nishina, Tokuhiro ^b   Kubo, Shuichiro ^c   Honda, Hiroyasu ^a  

^a Shizuoka Pref W Meat Inspection C   (Japan)

^b Shizouka Pref Inst Pub Hlth E   (Japan)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clostridium perfringens; Enterotoxin; Livestock; MPN; PCR

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GALLUS GALLUS; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHICKEN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STOMACH JUICE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CATTLE; CHICKENS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE;

EID: 0031183018     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.59.557     Document Type: Article

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