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Botulism outbreak in a rural Ethiopia: a case series

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Foodborne botulism, a toxin-mediated illness caused by Clostridium botulinum, is a public health emergency. Types A, B, and E C. botulinum toxins commonly cause human disease.
Tigist Bacha   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Outbreak of Foodborne Botulism in Ontario

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2003
Botulism is a rare paralytic illness resulting from a potent neurotoxin produced by Clostridium botulinum. Botulism in Canada is predominately due to C botulinum type E and affects mainly the First Nations and Inuit populations.
Mona R Loutfy   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Botulism in cattle in Mato Grosso do Sul: History, current situation, and perspectives [PDF]

open access: yesPesquisa Veterinária Brasileira
: Botulism is a neuroparalytic disease caused by ingesting neurotoxins (BoNTs) produced by the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium botulinum. It is a significant cause of cattle mortality in Brazil.
Stephanie C. Lima   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Denmark: Botulism in an infant or infant botulism? [PDF]

open access: yesEurosurveillance, 2008
A 4.5 months old, previously healthy Danish girl was admitted to a paediatric department after six days of passive behaviour and weak suck. Over the next days she became increasingly weak, developed bilateral ptosis, the muscle stretch reflexes were lost, and mydriasis with slow pupillary responses was noted.
A Pærregaard   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Review of published research on primary dysautonomia of domestic animals

open access: yesVeterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract An article published in 1992 by Marion M. Pollin and I.R. Griffiths reviewed the topic of primary dysautonomias of the autonomic nervous system of unidentified origin in multiple domestic species, specifically cats, dogs and horses. Thirty‐one years later, we appear no closer to identifying the causal agents of these strikingly similar ...
Tanith Harte   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of guanidine on synaptic transmission in the spinal cord of the frog [PDF]

open access: yes, 1977
The effects of guanidine on motoneurons of the isolated frog spinal cord were studied by adding the drug to the solution bathing the cord during intracellular recording. Guanidine (5·10–4 M) did not alter the membrane potential of motoneurons.
A. K�hner   +19 more
core   +1 more source

Emergence, spread, and impact of high‐pathogenicity avian influenza H5 in wild birds and mammals of South America and Antarctica

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract The currently circulating high‐pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) virus of the subtype H5 causes variable illness and death in wild and domestic birds and mammals, as well as in humans. This virus evolved from the Goose/Guangdong lineage of the HPAI H5 virus, which emerged in commercial poultry in China in 1996, spilled over into wild birds,
Thijs Kuiken   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Botulism in fowls : types a and c, commonly called limberneck [PDF]

open access: yes, 1924
"A brief statement of the cause of botulism in poultry, how it may be recognized in a flock, and how it may be combated."--Cover.Cover ...
Boughton, I.B., Graham, Robert
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Dysphagia in an equine referral hospital, 182 cases

open access: yesEquine Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Dysphagia describes a clinical sign of pathologies of the oral cavity, pharynx, and oesophagus that carries potentially serious consequences for horses. Given the diversity of differential diagnoses that may cause dysphagia, an understanding of the prevalence of dysphagia in hospitalised patients, the distribution of aetiologies and
Kevin M. Connolly, Krista Estell
wiley   +1 more source

EPI Update, June 21, 2013 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Weekly newsletter for Center For Acute Disease Epidemiology of Iowa Department of Public ...

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