Isolation of a Clonal Population of Clostridium perfringens type A from a Belgian Blue Calf with Abomasal Ulceration

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 289-293

  Van Immerseel, F ^a   Pardon, B ^a   Maes, S ^a   Heyndrickx, M ^b   Timbermont, L ^a   Boyen, F ^a   Haesebrouck, F ^a   Ducatelle, R ^a   Deprez, P ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Abomasal ulceration; Calf; Clostridium perfringens

Indexed keywords

ABOMASAL ULCERATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BELGIAN BLUE CALF; CALF (BOVINE); CLONING; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS TYPE A; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFLAMMATION; NECROSIS; NEUTROPHIL INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ULCER; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH; STOMACH ULCER;

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS A;

ABOMASUM; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; STOMACH ULCER;

EID: 79952468321     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: 15323129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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