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<p><italic>Clostridium perfringens </italic>isolates were obtained from pigs of five porcine farms in Poland. The presence of <italic>C. perfringens</italic> was detected in 92% of faeces samples and its number ranged from 1.0 x 101 cfu/g to 1.2 x 107 cfu/g. All the isolates belonged to type A and 48.7% of them contained <italic>cpb2 </italic>gene. The qualitative assessment of toxin genes expression by type A subtype β2 isolates showed expression of <italic>cpa </italic>gene in 100% of strains and <italic>cpb2 </italic>gene in 71% of the analysed strains. The isolate from one-day-old piglets demonstrated also the expression of <italic>cpa </italic>and <italic>cpb2 </italic>genes.</p>
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Clostridium perfringens isolates were obtained from pigs of five porcine farms in Poland. The presence of C. perfringens was detected in 92% of faeces samples and its number ranged from 1.0 x 101 cfu/g to 1.2 x 107 cfu/g. All the isolates belonged to type A and 48.7% of them contained cpb2 gene. The qualitative assessment of toxin genes expression by type A subtype β2 isolates showed expression of cpa gene in 100% of strains and cpb2 gene in 71% of the analysed strains. The isolate from one-day-old piglets demonstrated also the expression of cpa and cpb2 genes.

Occurrence and Expression of Toxin Genes in Clostridium Perfringens Isolates from Pigs

Department of Hygiene of Animal Feeding Stuffs

Journal of Veterinary Research

Clostridium perfringens isolates were obtained from pigs of five porcine farms in Poland. The presence of C. perfringens was detected in 92% of faeces samples...

Occurrence and Expression of Toxin Genes in Clostridium Perfringens Isolates from Pigs

Publicado en línea: 17 ene 2013

Páginas: 495 - 498

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10213-012-0087-0

Palabras clave
pigs, Clostridium perfringens, toxin, gene expression

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Occurrence and Expression of Toxin Genes in Clostridium Perfringens Isolates from Pigs

Publicado en línea: 17 ene 2013

Páginas: 495 - 498

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10213-012-0087-0

Palabras clavepigs, Clostridium perfringens, toxin, gene expression

This content is open access.

Palabras clave
pigs, Clostridium perfringens, toxin, gene expression