Evaluation of methods to diagnose Clostridium perfringens-associated diarrhea in dogs

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 357-360

  Marks, Stanley L ^a   Melli, Ann ^a   Kass, Philip H ^a   Jang, Spencer S ^a   Barkhoodarian, Alex ^a   Hirsh, Dwight C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN, CLOSTRIDIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL SPORE; CHEMISTRY; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DIARRHEA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENTEROTOXINS; FECES; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0033073673     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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