Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin and Clostridium difficile toxin A/B do not play a role in acute haemorrhagic diarrhoea syndrome in dogs

Veterinary Record

Volumn 176, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 253-

  Busch, K ^a   Suchodolski, J S ^b   Kuhner K A ^a   Minamoto, Y ^b   Steiner, J M ^b   Mueller, R S ^a   Hartmann, K ^a   Unterer, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN, CLOSTRIDIUM; TCDA PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; TOXB PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; DIARRHEA; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VETERINARY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DIARRHEA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENTEROTOXINS; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84928999037     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: 20427670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.102738     Document Type: Conference Paper

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