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Revista de Ciencias Agrícolas, 2021 The iota toxin (ITX) is a binary enterotoxin produced as a protoxin by Clostridium perfringens (C. perfringens) type E that is activated by proteolytic enzymes in the small intestine of infected animals.
Helio S Brito +11 more
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Proteolytic processing and activation of Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin by caprine small intestinal contents. [PDF]
, 2014 Epsilon toxin (ETX), a pore-forming toxin produced by type B and D strains of Clostridium perfringens, mediates severe enterotoxemia in livestock and possibly plays a role in human disease.
Freedman, John C +3 more
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Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2013 Enterotoxaemia, a common disease that affects domestic small ruminants, is mainly caused by the epsilon toxin of Clostridium perfringens type D. The present study tested four distinct immunization protocols to evaluate humoral response in lambs, a ...
Heni F. Costa +6 more
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Biotyping of Clostridium Perfringens strains isolated from enterotoxemia cases in sheep using ELISA technique [PDF]
Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2010 The study was designed to determine the types of Clostridium perfringens and their toxins in sheep with suspected enterotoxemia in Hama province, Syria.
M. A. Hamad, N. Habra, A. Kalb Allouz3
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Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2011 Four 3-4 month-old chinchillas (Chinchilla lanigera) from a commercial flock of 395 chinchillas, were found dead with evidence of previous diarrhea and prolapsed rectum.
Ricardo B. Lucena +5 more
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NanI Sialidase Enhances the Action of Clostridium perfringens Enterotoxin in the Presence of Mucus
mSphere, 2021 Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin (CPE) is the main virulence factor for C. perfringens type F strains to cause human gastrointestinal diseases, which can involve lethal enterotoxemia.
Mauricio A. Navarro +4 more
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Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin induces blood brain barrier permeability via caveolae-dependent transcytosis and requires expression of MAL. [PDF]
, 2019 Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin (ETX) is responsible for causing the economically devastating disease, enterotoxaemia, in livestock. It is well accepted that ETX causes blood brain barrier (BBB) permeability, however the mechanisms involved in this
Dobrow, Sebastian +7 more
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Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2004 Diarrhea in suckling piglets caused by Clostridium perfringens type A was diagnosed in industrial (technified) swine farms of the states of Minas Gerais and São Paulo (Brazil), based on isolation and identification of bacterium by biochemical tests ...
G.M. Costa +5 more
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Effects of Clostridium perfringens iota toxin in the small intestine of mice [PDF]
, 2017 Iota toxin is a binary toxin solely produced by Clostridium perfringens type E strains, and is structurally related to CDT from C. difficile and CST from C. spiroforme.
Bruzzone, Octavio Augusto +8 more
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Enteritis in Neonatal and Juvenile Ruminants. [PDF]
, 2018 Common causes of infectious enteritis in neonate and juvenile ruminants include viral, bacterial, and protozoal pathogens. The most common presenting sign in ruminants with infectious enteritis is diarrhea.
Chigerwe, Munashe, Heller, Meera C
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