Diarréia em leitões lactentes por Clostridium perfringens tipo A em granjas tecnificadas nos estados de Minas Gerais e São Paulo

• Published in: Arquivo brasileiro de medicina veterinária e zootecnia Vol. 56; no. 3
• Main Authors: Costa, G.M.(UFLA Departamento de Medicina Veterinária), Assis, R.A.(UFMG Escola de Veterinária), Lobato, F.C.F.(UFMG Escola de Veterinária), Abreu, V.L.V.(UFMG Escola de Veterinária), Santos, J.L.(UFV Escola de Veterinária), Uzal, F.A.(California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System-San Bernardino)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Escola de Veterinária 2004
• Subjects: Clostridium perfringens tipo A; Clostridium perfringens type A; enterotoxaemia; enterotoxemia; intradermic reaction; isolamento; isolation; leitão; PCR; PCR intradermorreação; piglet
• ISSN: 0102-0935; 1678-4162

Diarrhea in suckling piglets caused by Clostridium perfringens type A was diagnosed in industrial (technified) swine farms of the states of Minas Gerais and São Paulo (Brazil), based on isolation and identification of bacterium by biochemical tests, detection of alpha toxin in animal bioassays, and PCR. This seems to be the first report of clostridial enterotoxaemia in piglets by C. perfringens type A in Brazil and allowed specific procedures to control the disease.