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Clostridium perfringens type A and beta2 toxin associated with enterotoxemia in a 5-week-old goat.
The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne - 1 Mar 2004
Dray Tammy
Abstract excerpt
Postmortem examination of a Boer buck kid that died peracutely revealed diffusely congested, edematous bowel. Clostridium perfringens Type A was isolated. Some isolates carried the gene for beta2 toxin, suggesting a role for beta2 toxin in caprine enterotoxemia, a common cause of death in growing...
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