In vitro effects of Clostridium perfringens type D epsilon toxin on water and ion transport in ovine and caprine intestine

Anaerobe

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 145-149

  Fernandez Miyakawa, M E ^a   Ibarra, C A ^b   Uzal, F A ^a,c  

^a Inst Nac de Tecnol Agropecuaria   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterotoxaemia; Epsilon toxin; Intestine; Ion transport; Water transport

Indexed keywords

EPSILON TOXIN; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN EDEMA; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COLON; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOLITIS; GOAT; ILEUM MUCOSA; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; ION TRANSPORT; LUNG EDEMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TOXEMIA; WATER TRANSPORT;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0042661222     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1075-9964(03)00069-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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