Evaluation of different fluids for detection of Clostridium perfringens type D epsilon toxin in sheep with experimental enterotoxemia

Anaerobe

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 204-206

  Layana, Jorge E ^a   Fernandez Miyakawa, Mariano E ^b   Uzal, Francisco A ^b  

^a Inst Nac de Tecnol Agropecuaria   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body fluids; Clostridium perfringens; Enterotoxemia; Epsilon toxin; Intestinal content; Sheep

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM EPSILON TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BODY FLUID; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS TYPE D; COLON; DUODENUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; ILEUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TOXEMIA; TOXIN ANALYSIS; URINE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BODY FLUIDS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROTOXEMIA; INTESTINES; SHEEP DISEASES; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; URINE;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33748323302     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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