Article
Molecular analysis of the virulence determinants of Clostridium perfringens associated with foal diarrhoea.
Veterinary journal (London, England : 1997) - 1 May 1998
Netherwood T, Wood J L, Mumford J A, Chanter N
Abstract excerpt
During an epidemiological study of foal diarrhoea, over half of the cases yielded Clostridium perfringens which was significantly associated with disease (Netherwood et al., 1996b). However, the association could not be accounted for by enterotoxigenic isolates which had a low prevalence (Netherw...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Bacterial Toxins
- Clostridium Infections
- Clostridium perfringens
- Diarrhea
- Genetic Markers
- Genotype
- Horse Diseases
- Horses
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Prevalence
- Virulence