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Enterotoxigenic Clostridium perfringens type A necrotic enteritis in a foal

1998; American Veterinary Medical Association; Volume: 213; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2460/javma.1998.213.09.1305

ISSN

1943-569X

Autores

Dawn M. Bueschel, Richard L. Walker, Leslie Woods, John F. Kokai–Kun, Bruce A. McClane, J. Glenn Songer,

Tópico(s)

Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research

Resumo

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 isolates indicated that they were enterotoxigenic C perfringens type A, and isolates were found to produce C perfringens enterotoxin in vitro. This case suggests that enterotoxigenic C perfringens type A may cause enteric disease in horses.

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