Clostridium perfringens type a fatal acute hemorrhagic gastroenteritis in a dog

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 555-557

  Schlegel, Ben J ^a   Van Dreumel, Tony ^a   Slavić, Durda ^a   Prescott, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FATALITY; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; INTESTINE MUCOSA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; INTESTINAL MUCOSA;

EID: 84862578749     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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