Comparison of the odds of isolation, genotypes, and in vivo production of major toxins by Clostridium perfringens obtained from the gastrointestinal tract of dairy cows with hemorrhagic bowel syndrome or left-displaced abomasum

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 132-138

  Dennison, Anita C ^a,b   Van Metre, David C ^a   Morley, Paul S ^a   Callan, Robert J ^a   Plampin, Emily C ^a   Ellis, R P ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Los Caballos Veterinary Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENOTYPE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUMINANT STOMACH;

ABOMASUM; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GENOTYPE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 22244471739     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2005.227.132     Document Type: Article

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