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Isolation and characterization of Clostridium perfringens from apparently healthy animals of the Shandong province of China (2007)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Chai, T.

Wang, L.

Wang, H.

Duan, H.

Müller, W.

Zucker, B. A.

Quelle

Deutsche tierärztliche Wochenschrift : DTW

Bandzählung: 114

Heftzählung: 10

Seiten: 394 – 396

ISSN: 0341-6593

Sprache

Englisch

Verweise

Pubmed: 17970339

Kontakt

Institut für Tier- und Umwelthygiene

Robert-von-Ostertag-Str. 7-13
14169 Berlin
+49 30 838 51845
tierhygiene@vetmed.fu-berlin.de

Abstract / Zusammenfassung

In a pilot study the presence and frequency of Clostridium (C.) perfringens was investigated among apparently healthy farm animals in the Shandong province of China. 748 faecal samples were collected from 9 pig-, 4 sheep-, 7 cattle- and 5 rabbit farms. C. perfringens was isolated from 124 samples (16.6%). The isolates were classified into major toxin types by using PCR analysis detecting the genes encoding these toxins. All isolates were identified as C perfringens toxin type A. There are also some reports from different regions in China linking C. perfringens toxin type A strains to gastrointestinal diseases. Therefore further investigations about the epidemiologic role of C perfringens toxin type A strains in the Shandong region are necessary. Currently, cases of enterotoxemia from this region are investigated for the presence of C perfringens.