Determination of the toxins and biotypes of Clostridium perfringens in diarrhoeic calves in the Kars District of Turkey

Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 207-211

  Koç, Rahşan ^a   Gökce, Halil Ibrahim ^b  

^a Directorate of Agriculture   (Turkey)

^b KAFKAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alpha toxin; Beta toxin; Calves; Clostridium perfringens; Diarrhoea; Enterotoxaemia; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA); Epsilon toxin

Indexed keywords

BOS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 34447525026     PISSN: 13000128     EISSN: 13036181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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