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Multilocus sequence typing analysis of Clostridium perfringens isolates from necrotic enteritis outbreaks in broiler chicken populations.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Dec 2008
Chalmers G, Bruce H L, Hunter D B, Parreira V R, Kulkarni R R, Jiang Y-F, Prescott J F, Boerlin P
Abstract excerpt
Clostridium perfringens is an important pathogen of animals and humans and is the causative agent of necrotic enteritis (NE) in poultry. This study focuses on the typing of intestinal C. perfringens isolates (n = 61) from outbreaks of NE collected from several areas of Southern Ontario, using a r...
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