Haemorrhagic bowel syndrome in dairy cattle: Possible role of Clostridium perfringens type A in the disease complex

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 518-523

  Ceci, L ^a   Paradies, P ^a   Sasanelli, M ^a   De Caprariis, D ^a   Guarda, F ^a,b   Capucchio, M T ^a,b   Carelli, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS A;

EID: 33750970280     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: 14390442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.2006.00884.x     Document Type: Article

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