Real-time polymerase chain reaction for the detection of toxigenic clostridium botulinum type C1 in waterbird and sediment samples: Comparison with other PCR techniques

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 942-946

  Vidal, Dolors ^a,b   Taggart, Mark A ^a,b   Badiola, Ignacio ^a   Mateo, Rafael ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b CENTRE DE RECERCA EN SANITAT ANIMAL CRESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Avian botulism; culture enrichment; quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction; sediment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BOTULISM; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; BOTULISM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM C;

EID: 84857130187     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: 19434936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1040638711416847     Document Type: Article

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