Type C botulism in a commercial Turkey farm: A case report

Avian Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 760-763

  Popp, Christina ^a   Hauck, Rüdiger ^b   Gad, Wael ^b   Hafez, Hafez M ^b  

^a Poultry Health Service Baden WÜrttemberg   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Botulism; Diagnosis; Food safety; Poultry; Symptoms; Turkeys

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE C;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BOTULISM; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE C; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; TIME; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; BOTULISM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE C; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GERMANY; MALE; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS; TURKEYS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM;

EID: 84871777928     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/10274-061212-Case.1     Document Type: Article

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