1. Prevalence, molecular typing and antibiotic resistance of Clostridium perfringens in free range ducks in Northeast India.
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Milton, Arockiasamy Arun Prince, Sanjukta, Rajkumari, Gogoi, Akash Protim, Momin, Kasanchi M., Priya, Govindarajan Bhuvana, Das, Samir, Ghatak, Sandeep, Sen, Arnab, and Kandpal, Basant Kumar
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CLOSTRIDIUM perfringens , *DRUG resistance in bacteria , *DUCKS , *DRUG resistance in microorganisms , *ENTEROTOXINS - Abstract
This study reports faecal prevalence of Clostridium perfringens in free range ducks in North East India for the first time. We also report C. perfringens type A carrying cpb2 and cpe and type C carrying cpb2 and cpe strains in these ducks. Notably, a high prevalence (17.5%) of enterotoxin carrying C. perfringens strains and low antimicrobial resistance were observed. • Prevalence of C. perfringens in free-range ducks was 33.33% with lower antimicrobial resistance rate. • For the first time, C. perfringens type A cpb 2+ cpe +, type A cpe + and type C cpb2 + cpe + positive strains in free range ducks were detected. • 17.5% of C. perfringens isolates were positive for CP enterotoxin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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