Table 4.
Genotyping of C. perfringens isolates from enterotoxemia-suspected sheep
| Toxinotypes* | Total No. (%) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | Bcpe+ | C | Ccpe+ | D | Dcpe+ | E | F | G | |||
| Genotypes | cpa+ | cpa+, cpb+, etx+ | cpa+, cpb+, etx+, cpe+ | cpa+, cpb+ | cpa+, cpb+, cpe+ | cpa+, etx+ | cpa+, cpe+, etx+ | cpa+, iap+ | cpa+, cpe+ | cpa+, netB+ | ||
| Health status | Diarrhoeic | 73 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 135 (71.4) |
| Dead | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 34 (18.0) | |
| Healthy | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 (10.6) | |
| Sum. | 99 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 189 (100) | |
| Sex | Female | 66 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 136 (71.9) |
| Male | 33 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 53 (28.1) | |
| Sum. | 99 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 189 (100) | |
| Age groups (month) | 1-12 | 57 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 103 (54.5) |
| 13-24 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 41 (21.7) | |
| 25-36 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 39 (20.6) | |
| 37-48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 (1.1) | |
| ≥49 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (2.1) | |
| Sum. | 99 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 189 (100) | |
| Seasons | Spring | 50 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 109 (57.7) |
| Summer | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 (6.9) | |
| Autumn | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 27 (14.3) | |
| Late winter | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 40 (21.1) | |
| Sum. | 99 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 189 (100) | |
* A, B, C, D, E, F, and G refers to C. perfringens toxinotypes