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Molecular typing of isolates of Clostridium perfringens from healthy and diseased poultry.
Veterinary microbiology - 17 Jul 2003
Engström B E, Fermér C, Lindberg A, Saarinen E, Båverud V, Gunnarsson A
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The bacterium Clostridium perfringens can cause both clinical and subclinical disease in poultry. To study the pathogenesis and epidemiology of disease caused by C. perfringens, methods for typing its various strains need to be evaluated. C. perfringens isolates from healthy and diseased poultry from different parts of Sweden were analysed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in order to establish the presence of...
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