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. 1978 Jul;42(3):357–363.

Enterotoxigenic Clostridium perfringens type A isolated from intestinal contents of cattle, sheep and chickens.

L Niilo
PMCID: PMC1277650  PMID: 210914

Abstract

One hundred and fourteen strains of Clostridium perfringens, isolated from the intestinal contents of cattle, sheep, and chickens with enteritis or other disease conditions were studied for their ability to produce enterotoxin. Reversed passive hemagglutination, fluorescent antibody and immunodiffusion tests were used. On the basis of the reversed passive hemagglutination titres, supported by the other two tests, enterotoxigenicity of the strains was arbitrarily classified into two categories: highly enterotoxigenic and potentially enterotoxigenic, with 12% falling into each category. All the highly enterotoxigenic strains originated from cases of enteritis and included all three animal species. Apart from enterotoxigenicity, one C. perfringens strain produced beta toxin (type C) and 21 strains produced large amounts of alpha-toxin. The latter strains were predominantly associated with necrotic enteritis in chickens.

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