Development of a semiquantitative PCR assay for the detection of the Clostridium perfringens type C beta toxin gene in purified nucleic acid extracts from the intestinal tract of pigs

Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-87

  Vahjen, Wilfried ^b   Gollnisch, K ^a   Simon, O ^c   Schulz, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Tierernahrung   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVILAMYCIN; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL GENE; BETA TOXIN C GENE; CHEMILUMINESCENCE; DIGOXIGENIN; DNA PURIFICATION; FEED ADDITIVE; GROWTH INHIBITION; INTESTINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 0034078542     PISSN: 00218596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002185969900725X     Document Type: Article

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