Necrotizing enterocolitis and death in a goat kid associated with enterotoxin (CPE)-producing Clostridium perfringens type A

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1266-1269

  Fernandez Miyakawa, Mariano E ^a   Saputo, Julian ^a   St Leger, Judy ^a   Puschner, Birgit ^a   Fisher, Derek J ^b   McClane, Bruce A ^b   Uzal, Francisco A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN, CLOSTRIDIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; FATALITY; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; ENTEROTOXINS; FATAL OUTCOME; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; MALE;

CAPRA HIRCUS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS A;

EID: 38149041072     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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