Detection of Clostridium perfringens type C in pig herds following disease outbreak and subsequent vaccination

Veterinary Record

Volumn 171, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 503-

  Schafer K ^a   Wyder, M ^a   Gobeli, S ^a   Candi, A ^a   Doherr, M G ^a   Zehnder, B ^b   Zimmermann, W ^a   Posthaus, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss Porcine Health Service   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; ENTEROTOXIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTERITIS; EPIDEMIC; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NECROSIS; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTERITIS; ENTEROTOXINS; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; NECROSIS; PREVALENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84872670434     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.101052     Document Type: Article

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