Clostridium perfringens is an extremely versatile pathogen of humans and livestock, causing
wound infections like gas gangrene (clostridial myonecrosis), enteritis/enterocolitis …

Enteritis, colitis, and enterocolitis are considered some of the most common causes of
disease and death in horses. Determining the etiology of these conditions is challenging …

Acute hemorrhagic diarrhea syndrome (AHDS) is defined as sudden onset of severe bloody
diarrhea with significant loss of fluid into the intestinal lumen and frequently associated with …

The clostridial diseases of horses can be divided into three major groups:
enteric/enterotoxic, histotoxic, and neurotoxic. The main enteric/enterotoxic diseases include …

Clostridium perfringens is an opportunistic pathogenic bacterium that infects both animals
and humans. Clostridium perfringens genomes encode a diverse array of toxins and …

Clostridium perfringens (C. perfringens) is one of the foremost pathogens responsible for
diarrhea in foals. As antibiotic resistance increases, phages that specifically lyse bacteria …

Background Culture‐based assessment of the fecal microbiome using fecal culture profiles
frequently is performed in dogs with chronic diarrhea, but the diagnostic value of this …

Background An international description of the diagnostic approaches used in different
institutions to diagnose acute equine diarrhoea and the pathogens detected is lacking …

In the 2018-revised Clostridium perfringens typing classification system, isolates carrying the
enterotoxin (cpe) and alpha toxin genes but no other typing toxin genes are now designated …

Bloody diarrhea is a common condition in dogs, but studies evaluating the enteropathogens
involved specifically in adult dogs are scarce. In the present study, stool samples from 45 …