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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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Biotyping of Clostridium Perfringens strains isolated from enterotoxemia cases in sheep using ELISA technique [PDF]
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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Clostridium perfringens types A and D associated with enterotoxemia in an 18-month-old goat
Postmortem examination of a Boer buck that died peracutely revealed bowel and liver diffusely congested and edematous. Kidney was apparently edematous. Clostridium perfringens type A was isolated from bowel and type D from kidney. Microscopic examination
S. Miyashiro +4 more
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Detection of Clostridium perfringens alpha toxin gene in lambs by loop mediated isothermal amplification [PDF]
Aim: The loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) was standardized for rapid detection of Clostridium perfringens. Materials and Methods: A total of 120 fecal samples were collected from enterotoxemia suspected lambs were used for screening of C ...
B. Radhika +2 more
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The C-terminal domain of Clostridium perfringens alpha toxin as a vaccine candidate against bovine necrohemorrhagic enteritis [PDF]
Bovine necrohemorrhagic enteritis is caused by Clostridium perfringens and leads to sudden death. Alpha toxin, together with perfringolysin O, has been identified as the principal toxin involved in the pathogenesis.
Deprez, Piet +10 more
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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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Effects of Clostridium perfringens iota toxin in the small intestine of mice [PDF]
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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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
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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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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