Clostridium Species and Botulism

Infectious Diseases of Wild Mammals and Birds in Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 417-427

  Neimanis, Aleksija ^a   Speck, Stephanie ^b  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affected birds, dying from botulism as substrates for bacterial outbreak; Botulinum neurotoxin to presynaptic membrane, irreversible; Botulinum toxin, proteins requiring confirmatory tests; Botulism, or limberneck, western duck, intoxication by Clostridium; Clostridial bacteria, obligate anaerobe bacilli; Clostridium botulinum, seven different A G types; Clostridium species and botulism; Oral toxic dose for type C botulism, varying between species; Spores surviving adverse conditions, stain Gram positive; Wildlife and botulism, preformed toxin ingestion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887242950     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118342442.ch36     Document Type: Chapter

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