Multiplex PCR assay for detection of Clostridium perfringens in feces and intestinal contents of pigs and in swine feed

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-38

  Kanakaraj, Rajalakshmi ^a   Harris, D L ^a   Glenn Songer, J ^b   Bosworth, B ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium perfringens; Enterotoxins; PCR; Pig Bacteria

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; FECES; FOOD ANALYSIS; INTESTINE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DIARRHEA; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0032575709     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(98)00229-6     Document Type: Article

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