In vitro production of necrotic enteritis toxin B, NetB, by netB-positive and netB-negative Clostridium perfringens originating from healthy and diseased broiler chickens.

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The Clostridium perfringens necrotic enteritis toxin B, NetB, was recently proposed as a new key virulence factor for the development of necrotic enteritis (NE) in broilers. The aim of the present study was to investigate the presence of the netB gene and the in vitro production of the NetB toxin...

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