1. Sudden death syndrome in adult cows associated with Clostridium perfringens type E.
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Redondo LM, Farber M, Venzano A, Jost BH, Parma YR, and Fernandez-Miyakawa ME
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- Animals, Argentina epidemiology, Bacterial Proteins genetics, Cattle, Cattle Diseases microbiology, Clostridium Infections epidemiology, Clostridium Infections microbiology, Clostridium perfringens classification, Clostridium perfringens pathogenicity, Death, Sudden epidemiology, Death, Sudden etiology, Enterotoxemia microbiology, Genotype, Molecular Sequence Data, Multilocus Sequence Typing methods, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Syndrome, Virulence Factors genetics, Cattle Diseases epidemiology, Clostridium Infections veterinary, Clostridium perfringens genetics, Clostridium perfringens isolation & purification, Death, Sudden veterinary, Disease Outbreaks veterinary, Enterotoxemia epidemiology
- Abstract
Clostridium perfringens type E is considered a rare toxinotype and an infrequent cause of enterotoxemia of lambs, calves, and rabbits. Until now, only cases of young animal of C. perfringens type E bovine enterotoxemia, characterized by hemorrhagic enteritis and sudden death, have been reported. The present report details the genotypic characterization of C. perfringens type E isolates obtained from intestinal samples of adult cattle during an outbreak of enterotoxemia in Argentina. The sequences of several housekeeping genes of these isolates were analyzed and compared with those obtained from calves in North America showing a clonal unique lineage., (Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2013
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