Pathology of Clostridium perfringens Type C Enterotoxemia in Horses

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 255-263

  Diab, S S ^a   Kinde, H ^a   Moore, J ^a   Shahriar, M F ^a   Odani, J ^a   Anthenill, L ^a   Songer, G ^b   Uzal, F A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

beta toxin; Clostridium perfringens; colitis; diarrhea; enteritis; enterotoxemia; horses

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CPB PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROTOXEMIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROTOXEMIA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINES; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; EQUIDAE; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84863415434     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0300985811404710     Document Type: Article

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