Clostridium perfringens toxin-types in lambs and kids affected with gastroenteric pathologies in Italy

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 346-350

  Greco, Grazia ^a   Madio, Anna ^a   Buonavoglia, Domenico ^a   Totaro, Marta ^a   Corrente, Marialaura ^a   Martella, Vito ^a   Buonavoglia, Canio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

2 toxin; Clostridial disease; Clostridium perfringens; Enteritis; Enterotoxin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GOAT; ITALY; LAMB; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXEMIA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROTOXINS; GENOTYPE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; ITALY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPRA HIRCUS; CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 27844464102     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2004.08.001     Document Type: Article

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