Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association · 1998 · 39 citations · 0 references
Veterinary MedicineVeterinary MicrobiologyVeterinary PathologyDiagnostic MicrobiologyInfectious Disease PathologyMedical MicrobiologyAnimal Infectious DiseasesLivestock Infectious DiseasesVeterinary BacteriologyVeterinary Diagnostic MicrobiologyClostridial Enteric DiseaseClostridium PerfringensClostridium Perfringens InfectionClostridium Perfringens SporesEnteric Bacterial DiseasesEnteric PathologyEnterotoxin-mediated DiseaseGut Contents
A Thoroughbred-Quarter Horse crossbred foal developed hemorrhagic enteritis and died < 48 hours after birth. Gross and histologic findings were suggestive of Clostridium perfringens type C infection, and large numbers of C perfringens were isolated from intestinal contents. However, genotyping of isolates indicated that they were enterotoxigenic C perfringens type A, and isolates were found to produce C perfringens enterotoxin in vitro. This case suggests that enterotoxigenic C perfringens type A may cause enteric disease in horses.