Enterotoxigenic Clostridium perfringens type A necrotic enteritis in a foal.

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Enterotoxigenic Clostridium perfringens type A necrotic enteritis in a foal.

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association - 1 Nov 1998

Bueschel D, Walker R, Woods L, Kokai-Kun J, McClane B, Songer J G

Abstract excerpt

A Thoroughbred-Quarter Horse crossbred foal developed hemorrhagic enteritis and died < 48 hours after birth. Gross and histologic findings were suggestive of Clostridium perfringens type C infection, and large numbers of C perfringens were isolated from intestinal contents. However, genotyping of...

Topics

Animals
Animals, Newborn
Blotting, Western
Clostridium Infections
Clostridium perfringens
Enteritis
Enterotoxins
Genotype
Horse Diseases
Horses
Intestines
Necrosis

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