Type C bovine botulism outbreak due to carcass contaminated non-acidified silage

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 284-293

  Myllykoski, Jan ^a   Lindstrom M ^a   Keto Timonen, R ^a   Soderholm H ^a   Jakala, J ^b   Kallio, H ^a   Sukura, A ^a   Korkeala, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Municipality of Urjala ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

AFLP; Animal carcass; Botulism; Cattle; Clostridium botulinum; Outbreak; Silage

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE C;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BOTULISM; CARCASS; CATTLE; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE C; CONTAMINATED ANIMAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SILAGE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIC; FINLAND; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PH;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ANIMALS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; BOTULISM; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; FINLAND; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIVER; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SILAGE;

EID: 61549116856     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268808000939     Document Type: Article

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