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Diversity of toxin-genotypes among Clostridium perfringens isolated from healthy and diarrheic neonatal cattle and buffalo calves.
Anaerobe - 1 Feb 2018
Athira Cheruplackal Karunakaran, Milton Arockiasamy Arun Prince, Reddy Avinash, Mekhemadhom Rajendrakumar Arunraj, Abhishek, Verma Med Ram, Kumar Ashok, Nagaleekar Viswas Konasagara, Agarwal Rajesh Kumar
Abstract excerpt
The diversity of toxin-genotypes of C. perfringens in neonatal calves was determined in this study. A total of 682 fresh faecal samples comprising 559 healthy and 123 diarrheic neonatal calves (cattle and buffalo) were collected from various farms in Northern India. The samples were processed for isolation of C. perfringens and toxin-genotyping by multiplex PCR. The overall prevalence of C. perfringens was 37.2%....
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