Prevalence of β2 toxin gene of Clostridium perfringens type a from diarrhoeic dogs

Veterinary Record

Volumn 149, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 273-274

  Thiede, S ^a,b   Goethe, R ^a   Amtsberg, G ^a  

^a Institut fur Mikrobiologie und Tierseuchen   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS A;

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CPB2 PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DIARRHEA; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETICS; GERMANY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DIARRHEA; DNA PRIMERS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GERMANY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0035464311     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.149.9.273     Document Type: Article

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