Genotyping and antimicrobial susceptibility of Clostridium perfringens isolated from Tinamidae, Cracidae and Ramphastidae species in Brazil

The aim of this study was to isolate, genotype and evaluate the antimicrobial susceptibility of Clostridium perfringens found in species Tinamidae, Cracidae and Ramphastidae in Brazil. C. perfringens was isolated in 13 (5%) out of 260 swab samples and five (8.3%) out of 60 stool samples. All strains...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo Otávio Silveira Silva, Francisco Carlos Ferreira Junior, Marcus Vinícius Romero Marques, Carlos Augusto Oliveira Junior, Nelson Rodrigo da Silva Martins, Francisco Carlos Faria Lobato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 2014-03-01
Series:Ciência Rural
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782014000300016&lng=en&tlng=en