Diarréia em leitões lactentes por Clostridium perfringens tipo A em granjas tecnificadas nos estados de Minas Gerais e São Paulo

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Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2004-06

RESUMO

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, detection of alpha toxin in animal bioassays, and PCR. This seems to be the first report of clostridial enterotoxaemia in piglets by C. perfringens type A in Brazil and allowed specific procedures to control the disease.

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leitão clostridium perfringens tipo a enterotoxemia isolamento pcr intradermorreação

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