Morphologic and physiologic changes induced by Clostridium perfringens type A α toxin in the intestine of sheep

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 251-255

  Fernández Miyakawa, Mariano E ^a,b   Uzal, Francisco A ^a,b  

^a Inst Nac de Tecnol Agropecuaria   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS TYPE A; COLON DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROPATHY; ILEUM DISEASE; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; INTESTINE LOOP; LAMINA PROPRIA; MORPHOLOGY; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP DISEASE; SUBMUCOSA; TISSUE SECTION; WATER TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BODY WATER; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COLON; ILEUM; INTESTINAL DISEASES; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS A; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 14844324479     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2005.66.251     Document Type: Article

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