Significance of β2-toxigenic Clostridium perfringens infections in animals and their predisposing factors - A review

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series B: Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Public Health

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 423-426

  Schotte, U ^a   Truyen, U ^a,b   Neubauer, H ^a,c  

^a Ctrl Inst of the Medical Services   (Germany)

^b Institute of Animal Hygiene   (Germany)

^c Sanitatsakademie der Bundeswehr   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTERITIS; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTERITIS;

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 11144258621     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.2004.00802.x     Document Type: Article

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