Occurrence and prevalence of Clostridium perfringens in polar bears from Svalbard, Norway

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 155-158

  Jores, Joerg ^a,e   Derocher, Andrew E ^b,f   Staubach, Christoph ^c   Aschfalk, Ansgar ^c,d  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^d Institute of Food Safety and Environment   (Norway)

^e INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clostridium perfringens; Polar bear; Prevalence; Toxin type A; Ursus maritimus; 2 toxin

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; URSUS MARITIMUS;

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BEAR; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; FECES; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NORWAY; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; URSIDAE;

EID: 42449096779     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-44.1.155     Document Type: Article

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