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Identification, Isolation, and Phylogenetic Analysis of Clostridium perfringens Type A and Type C from Wild Boar ( Sus scrofa ) in the People's Republic of China.
Journal of wildlife diseases - 1 Jul 2017
Li Meng, Zhang Xu, Zhu Lingwei, Wang Haifeng, Zhao Na, Luo Jing, Wang Chengmin, Wang Yutian, Liu Yanhua, Zhou Wei, Zhang Bikai, Guo Huancheng, He Hongxuan
Abstract excerpt
Clostridium perfringens is a Gram-positive, anaerobic, spore-forming bacterium that can induces gas gangrene or enteritis in poultry and humans and many other mammalian species. Here, we report an outbreak of C. perfringens type A and type C coinfection in wild boars ( Sus scrofa ). In February 2016, 10 dead wild boars, including two fresh carcasses, were found in Zhaosu County, Xinjiang Province, People's...
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