Pathological and clinical investigations of an outbreak of Blackleg disease due to C. chauvoei in cattle in Punjab, Pakistan | Zendy

Riaz Hussain | Zendy; Muhammad Tariq Javed | Zendy; Iahtasham Khan | Zendy; Abu Baker Siddique | Zendy; Bilal Aslam | Zendy; Abdul Ghaffar | Zendy; Narmeen Tariq | Zendy; Abdul Qayyum | Zendy; Gamal Wareth | Zendy

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Pathological and clinical investigations of an outbreak of Blackleg disease due to C. chauvoei in cattle in Punjab, Pakistan

Author(s) -

Riaz Hussain,

Muhammad Tariq Javed,

Iahtasham Khan,

Abu Baker Siddique,

Bilal Aslam,

Abdul Ghaffar,

Narmeen Tariq,

Abdul Qayyum,

Gamal Wareth

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.11635

Subject(s) - blackleg , outbreak , pathological , veterinary medicine , disease , biology , virology , medicine , agronomy , brassica

Clostridium chauvoei (C. chauvoei) is an anaerobic, histotoxic Gram-positive, bacterium causing fatal myonecrosis in livestock with high mortalities. The disease is common in dairy animals, but little is known about the pathophysiology of the disease in exotic (non-native) animals kept under local conditions in Pakistan.

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