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[The necrotizing enteritis by Clostridium perfringens type C in piglets: II. Molecular epidemiology study].
Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde - 1 Jun 2002
Gut P, Luginbühl A, Nicolet J, Boerlin P, Burnens A P
Abstract excerpt
Investigations were performed on shedding of C. perfringens in sows from four different pig farms. In two farms where no outbreaks of necrotizing enteritis had been observed, no strains of C. perfringens producing beta-toxin were detected in the faeces of sows. In contrast, C. perfringens strains producing beta-toxin were detected in sows on both farms suffering outbreaks of acute necrotizing enteritis. Strains...
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