Grau-Roma, Llorenç; Navarro, Mauricio; Blatter, Sohvi; Wenker, Christian; Kittl, Sonja; Uzal, Francisco A; Posthaus, Horst (2021). Clostridium perfringens-Associated Necrotic Enteritis-Like Disease in Coconut Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus). Veterinary pathology, 58(2), pp. 423-427. Sage 10.1177/0300985820971788
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Several outbreaks of necrotic enteritis-like disease in lorikeets, from which Clostridium perfringens was consistently isolated, are described. All lorikeets had acute, segmental, or multifocal fibrinonecrotizing inflammatory lesions in the small and/or the large intestine, with intralesional gram-positive rods. The gene encoding C. perfringens alpha toxin was detected by PCR (polymerase chain reaction) on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues in 20 out of 24 affected lorikeets (83%), but it was not amplified from samples of any of 10 control lorikeets (P < .0001). The second most prevalent C. perfringens toxin gene detected was the beta toxin gene, which was found in FFPE from 7 out of 24 affected lorikeets (29%). The other toxin genes were detected inconsistently and in a relatively low number of samples. These cases seem to be associated with C. perfringens, although the specific type involved could not be determined.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
05 Veterinary Medicine > Research Foci > Host-Pathogen Interaction 05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP) > Institute of Animal Pathology 05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP) > Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Grau Roma, Llorenç, Blatter, Sohvi Tuulikki, Kittl, Sonja Cornelia, Posthaus, Horst |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology 500 Science > 590 Animals (Zoology) |
ISSN: |
1544-2217 |
Publisher: |
Sage |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Pamela Schumacher |
Date Deposited: |
07 Jun 2021 09:09 |
Last Modified: |
24 Nov 2023 15:40 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1177/0300985820971788 |
PubMed ID: |
33208037 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Clostridium perfringens type A NetB toxin Trichoglossus haematodus alpha toxin beta toxin lorikeet necrotizing enteritis |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/153516 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/153516 |
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