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Prevalence of the pathogenicity factors of the Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and Clostridium perfringens type C

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Swine
Authors

Rocha, M.; Ibanez, G.

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IPVS, 2020

The multiplex PCR is a crucial tool to aid the diagnosis of new-born diarrhea, the positivity for the pathogenicity factors of E. coli and/or of C. perfringens can indicate the involvement of these agents in the conditions of diarrhea.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of pathogenicity factors of Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) and C. perfringens type C, as the main case of young piglet diarrhea through fecal samples collected between 2017 and 2019.

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