Retrospective study on necrotizing enteritis in piglets in Switzerland

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 151, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 369-375

  Jaggi M ^a   Wollschlager N ^a   Abril, C ^a   Albini, S ^a   Brachelente, C ^b   Wyder, M ^a   Posthaus, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beta toxin; Clostridium perfringens type C; Necrotizing enteritis; Porcine

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CPB2 PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROTOXIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTERITIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NECROSIS; NEWBORN; PATHOGENICITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTERITIS; ENTEROTOXINS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; NECROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 68649121617     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0036-7281.151.8.369     Document Type: Article

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