Experimental clostridium perfringens type D enterotoxemia in goats

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 132-140

  Uzal, F A ^a   Kelly, W R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clostridium perfringens type D; Epsilon toxin; Experimental enterotoxemia; Goats

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS EPSILON TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS EPSILON-TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COLON; DUODENUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLUCOSURIA; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEINURIA; RUMINANT STOMACH; TOXEMIA;

ABOMASUM; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BRAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COLON; DUODENUM; ENTEROTOXEMIA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLYCOSURIA; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; MALE; MICE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; PROTEINURIA;

EID: 0032012984     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030098589803500207     Document Type: Article

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