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The successful experimental induction of necrotic enteritis in chickens by Clostridium perfringens: a critical review by Shojadoost, Bahram, Vince, Andrew R, Prescott, John F

“…Necrotic enteritis (NE) is one of the most important enteric diseases in poultry and is a high cost to the industry worldwide. It is caused by avian-specific,…”
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Clostridial Diseases of Animals by Uzal, Francisco A, Songer, J. Glenn, Prescott, John F, Popoff, Michel R

“…Clostridial Diseases of Animals is the first book to focus on clostridial diseases in domestic and wild animals, offering a comprehensive reference on these…”
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The pathogenesis of necrotic enteritis in chickens: what we know and what we need to know: a review by Prescott, John F., Parreira, Valeria R., Mehdizadeh Gohari, Iman, Lepp, Dion, Gong, Joshua

“…This review summarizes advances in understanding the pathogenesis of necrotic enteritis of chickens caused by netB-positive Clostridium perfringens. The…”
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Experimental reproduction of necrotic enteritis in chickens: a review by Prescott, John F., Smyth, Joan A., Shojadoost, Bahram, Vince, Andrew

“…This review discusses key factors important in successful experimental reproduction of necrotic enteritis (NE) in chickens, and how these factors can be…”
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A novel pore-forming toxin in type A Clostridium perfringens is associated with both fatal canine hemorrhagic gastroenteritis and fatal foal necrotizing enterocolitis by Mehdizadeh Gohari, Iman, Parreira, Valeria R, Nowell, Victoria J, Nicholson, Vivian M, Oliphant, Kaitlyn, Prescott, John F

“…A role for type A Clostridium perfringens in acute hemorrhagic and necrotizing gastroenteritis in dogs and in necrotizing enterocolitis of neonatal foals has…”
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Prevalence of Clostridium perfringens netE and netF toxin genes in the feces of dogs with acute hemorrhagic diarrhea syndrome by Sindern, Natalie, Suchodolski, Jan S., Leutenegger, Christian M., Mehdizadeh Gohari, Iman, Prescott, John F., Proksch, Anna‐Lena, Mueller, Ralf S., Busch, Kathrin, Unterer, Stefan

“…Background Recently, novel pore‐forming toxin genes designated netE and netF were identified in a Clostridium perfringens type A strain isolated from a dog…”
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The genome of a pathogenic rhodococcus: cooptive virulence underpinned by key gene acquisitions by Letek, Michal, González, Patricia, Macarthur, Iain, Rodríguez, Héctor, Freeman, Tom C, Valero-Rello, Ana, Blanco, Mónica, Buckley, Tom, Cherevach, Inna, Fahey, Ruth, Hapeshi, Alexia, Holdstock, Jolyon, Leadon, Desmond, Navas, Jesús, Ocampo, Alain, Quail, Michael A, Sanders, Mandy, Scortti, Mariela M, Prescott, John F, Fogarty, Ursula, Meijer, Wim G, Parkhill, Julian, Bentley, Stephen D, Vázquez-Boland, José A

“…We report the genome of the facultative intracellular parasite Rhodococcus equi, the only animal pathogen within the biotechnologically important…”
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Sialic acid facilitates binding and cytotoxic activity of the pore-forming Clostridium perfringens NetF toxin to host cells by Mehdizadeh Gohari, Iman, Brefo-Mensah, Eric K, Palmer, Michael, Boerlin, Patrick, Prescott, John F

“…NetF-producing type A Clostridium perfringens is an important cause of canine and foal necrotizing enteritis. NetF, related to the β-sheet pore-forming…”
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Sequence of two plasmids from Clostridium perfringens chicken necrotic enteritis isolates and comparison with C. perfringens conjugative plasmids by Parreira, Valeria R, Costa, Marcio, Eikmeyer, Felix, Blom, Jochen, Prescott, John F

“…Twenty-six isolates of Clostridium perfringens of different MLST types from chickens with necrotic enteritis (NE) (15 netB-positive) or from healthy chickens…”
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Commentary: Probing Genomic Aspects of the Multi-Host Pathogen Clostridium perfringens Reveals Significant Pangenome Diversity, and a Diverse Array of Virulence Factors by Mehdizadeh Gohari, Iman, Prescott, John F

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Plasmid Characterization and Chromosome Analysis of Two netF+ Clostridium perfringens Isolates Associated with Foal and Canine Necrotizing Enteritis by Mehdizadeh Gohari, Iman, Kropinski, Andrew M, Weese, Scott J, Parreira, Valeria R, Whitehead, Ashley E, Boerlin, Patrick, Prescott, John F

“…The recent discovery of a novel beta-pore-forming toxin, NetF, which is strongly associated with canine and foal necrotizing enteritis should improve our…”
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Identification of novel pathogenicity loci in Clostridium perfringens strains that cause avian necrotic enteritis by Lepp, Dion, Roxas, Bryan, Parreira, Valeria R, Marri, Pradeep R, Rosey, Everett L, Gong, Joshua, Songer, J Glenn, Vedantam, Gayatri, Prescott, John F

“…Type A Clostridium perfringens causes poultry necrotic enteritis (NE), an enteric disease of considerable economic importance, yet can also exist as a member…”
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NetF-producing Clostridium perfringens: Clonality and plasmid pathogenicity loci analysis by Mehdizadeh Gohari, Iman, Kropinski, Andrew M., Weese, Scott J., Whitehead, Ashley E., Parreira, Valeria R., Boerlin, Patrick, Prescott, John F.

“…Clostridium perfringens is an important cause of foal necrotizing enteritis and canine acute hemorrhagic diarrhea. A major virulence determinant of the strains…”
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The resistance tsunami, antimicrobial stewardship, and the golden age of microbiology by Prescott, John F.

“…Modern medicine is built on antibiotics. Antibiotics are something that we take for granted. We have however spent over 60 years educating bacteria to become…”
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Rhodococcus equi Virulence-Associated Protein A Is Required for Diversion of Phagosome Biogenesis but Not for Cytotoxicity by von Bargen, Kristine, Polidori, Marco, Becken, Ulrike, Huth, Gitta, Prescott, John F, Haas, Albert

“…Rhodococcus equi is a gram-positive facultative intracellular pathogen that can cause severe bronchopneumonia in foals and AIDS patients. Virulence is plasmid…”
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Genome sequencing and analysis of a type A Clostridium perfringens isolate from a case of bovine clostridial abomasitis by Nowell, Victoria J, Kropinski, Andrew M, Songer, J Glenn, MacInnes, Janet I, Parreira, Valeria R, Prescott, John F

“…Clostridium perfringens is a common inhabitant of the avian and mammalian gastrointestinal tracts and can behave commensally or pathogenically. Some enteric…”
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Antimicrobial stewardship in small animal veterinary practice: from theory to practice by Guardabassi, Luca, Prescott, John F

“…Despite the increasing recognition of the critical role for antimicrobial stewardship in preventing the spread of multidrug-resistant bacteria, examples of…”
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The epidemiology of Clostridium perfringens type A on Ontario swine farms, with special reference to cpb2-positive isolates by Chan, Gloria, Farzan, Abdolvahab, Soltes, Glenn, Nicholson, Vivian M, Pei, Yanlong, Friendship, Robert, Prescott, John F

“…There is poor understanding of most aspects of Clostridium perfringens type A as a possible cause of neonatal diarrhea in piglets, and the prevalence and types…”
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Antimicrobial Therapy in Veterinary Medicine by Steeve Giguère, John F. Prescott, Patricia Dowling, Steeve Giguère, John F. Prescott, Patricia M. Dowling

“…The Fifth Edition of Antimicrobial Therapy in Veterinary Medicine, the most comprehensive reference available on veterinary antimicrobial drug use, has been…”
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Beta 2 Toxigenic Clostridium Perfringens Type A Colitis in a Three-Day-Old Foal by Hazlett, Murray J., Kircanski, Jasmina, Slavic, Durda, Prescott, John F.

“…Beta 2 (β2)-toxigenic Clostridium perfringens type A was recovered in large numbers from the intestine of a neonatal foal with colitis. The foal had been…”
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