Characterization of Clostridium perfringens in the feces of adult horses and foals with acute enterocolitis

Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-7

  Mehdizadeh Gohari, Iman ^a   Arroyo, Luis ^a   MacInnes, Janet I ^a   Timoney, John F ^b   Parreira, Valeria R ^a   Prescott, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS ALPHA TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS BETA 2 TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS ENTEROTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENTEROCOLITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOAL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HORSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84892555926     PISSN: 08309000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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