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Clostridium perfringens type A and beta2 toxin associated with enterotoxemia in a 5-week-old goat.

Tammy Dray

PubMed · 2004 · 43 citations · 9 references

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Postmortem examination of a Boer buck kid that died peracutely revealed diffusely congested, edematous bowel. Clostridium perfringens Type A was isolated. Some isolates carried the gene for beta2 toxin, suggesting a role for beta2 toxin in caprine enterotoxemia, a common cause of death in growing kids.

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