Enterotoxigenic Clostridium perfringens type A necrotic enteritis in a foal

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 213, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1305-1307

  Bueschel, Dawn ^a   Walker, Richard ^b   Woods, Leslie ^b   Kokai Kun, John ^c   McClane, Bruce ^c   Songer, J Glenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN, CLOSTRIDIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTERITIS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INTESTINE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NECROSIS; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTERITIS; ENTEROTOXINS; GENOTYPE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INTESTINES; NECROSIS;

EID: 0040790533     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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