Virulence for chickens of Clostridium perfringens isolated from poultry and other sources

Anaerobe

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 289-292

  Cooper, Kerry K ^a   Theoret, James R ^a   Stewart, Bernard A ^a   Trinh, Hien T ^a   Glock, Robert D ^a   Songer, J Glenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Broiler chickens; Clostridium perfringens; Necrotic enteritis; Poultry; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN; ALPHA TOXIN, CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHICKEN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DOG; FOOD POISONING; GAS GANGRENE; GENOTYPE; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINAL BLEEDING; INTESTINE FLORA; JEJUNUM; NECROTIZING ENTERITIS; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SWINE; ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASE; BOVINAE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VETERINARY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CATTLE; CHICKENS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTERITIS; HUMANS; POULTRY; POULTRY DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE; TYPE C PHOSPHOLIPASES; VIRULENCE;

AVES; BOVINAE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS A; GALLUS GALLUS; SUS;

EID: 77953232449     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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