Universidad ISA (Instituto Superior de Agricultura) 16 de julio de 2018
Es muy simple. La pollinaza y gallinaza no deben ser usadas en alimentación animal debido a las toxinas que no pueden ser eliminadas ni con tratamiento térmico (la Alfa-Toxina del Clostridium perfringens es termodúrica), ni con fermentación ni con ninguno de los métodos que hemos evaluado hasta la fecha. El animal que consume al menos 7% de gallinaza en la dieta se convierte en un almacén de toxinas a partir de los 45 días consumiéndola. Estas investigaciones son propias. Otros autores que refieren sobre esta toxina pueden ser encontrados en los siguientes enlaces (Después de leer esto, usted tendrá un conflicto ético si utiliza pollinaza o gallinaza):
Para entender mejor del la seriedad del asunto:
http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0325-75412009000400010
Su detección ya es fácil (enfermedades que produce en animales):
http://euroveterinaria.com/index.php?id_product=129&controller=product
Sobre destrucción de células alveolares humanas e intentos por disminuir la secreción de la Alfa-Toxina:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0325754117301335
Bioterrorismo: la gangrena gaseosa que se presentaba en la Primera Guerra Mundial:
http://www.elsitioavicola.com/intestinalhealth/issue17/edician-latinoamericana-4/110/la-toxina-alfa-un-afactor-primarioat/
Sobre Enteritis necrótica en pollos:
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/intestinalhealth/issue17/latino-amrica-edicin-4/105/conociendo-mejor-a-la-toxina-alfa/
Menos peligrosa, la de E. coli:
http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0325-29572013000200012
http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/45707
Otros estudios científico (cuyos artículos originales tenemos disponibles)
I.
Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin inhibits the gastrointestinal transit in mice. Source:
Research in Veterinary Science, 2010, 89 (3), 404-408. Author(s): Losada-Eaton-D, Fernandez-Miyakawa-M. Author Affiliation: M.E. Fernandez-Miyakawa. Instituto de Patobiologia, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria, Calle Las Cabanas y Los Reseros s/n, Casilla de Correo 25 (1712), Castelar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Abstract:
Epsilon toxin produced by Clostridium perfringens type B and D is a potent toxin that is responsible for a highly fatal enterotoxemia in sheep and goats. In vitro, epsilon toxin produces contraction of the rat ileum as the result of an indirect action, presumably mediated through the autonomic nervous system. To examine the impact of epsilon toxin in the intestinal transit, gastric emptying (GE) and gastrointestinal transit (GIT) were evaluated after intravenous and oral administration of (... more)
Language:
English
Issn:
0034-5288
Subjects:
Clostridium perfringens, Toxins, Clostridium, Inhibition, Products, Intestines, Mice
Descriptors:
Clostridium perfringens, Epsilon toxin, Intestinal transit, Enterotoxemia
Copyright:
Copyright (c) 2013 Association for Veterinary Teaching and Research Work
II.
Binding of @?-toxin from Clostridium perfringens in the nervous system. Source:
Veterinary Microbiology, 2008, 131 (1-2), 14-25. Author(s): Dorca-Arevalo-J, Soler-Jover-A, Gibert-M, Popoff-M, Martin-Satue-M, Blasi-J. Author Affiliation:
Juan Blasi. Laboratori de Neurobiologia Cel.lular i Molecular, Departament de Patologia i Terapeutica Experimental, Campus de Bellvitge, Universitat de Barcelona-IDIBELL, c/Feixa Llarga s/n, 08907 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
Abstract:
Epsilon-toxin (@?-toxin), produced by Clostridium perfringens type D, is the main agent responsible for enterotoxaemia in livestock. Neurological disorders are a characteristic of the onset of toxin poisoning. @?-Toxin accumulates specifically in the central nervous system, where it produces a glutamatergic-mediated excitotoxic effect. However, no detailed study of putative binding structures in the nervous tissue has been carried out to date. Here we attempt to identify specific acceptor (... more)
Language:
English
Issn:
0378-1135
Subjects:
Clostridium perfringens, Nervous system, Toxins, Products, Clostridium, Protein products, Brain, Cattle, Nerves, Sheep
Descriptors:
@?-Toxin, Clostridium perfringens, Myelin, Glutamate release
Copyright:
Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier B.V.
III
Virulence genes of Clostridium perfringens
Source:
Annual Review of Microbiology, 1998, 52 (N0), 333-360
Author(s):
Rood-J-I
Author Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton 3168, Australia
Language:
English
Issn:
0066-4227
Subjects:
Clostridium perfringens, Genes, Pathogenicity
Descriptors:
genes. virulence. reviews. toxins. pathogenesis. enterotoxins. food-poisoning
Organism Descriptors:
Clostridium-perfringens. man. animals
Copyright:
Copyright CAB International
IV
Development of a cell culture assay for the quantitative determination of vaccination-induced antibodies in rabbit sera against Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin and Clostridium novyi alpha toxin
Source:
Veterinary Microbiology, 2006, 114 (1-2), 41-50
Author(s):
Borrmann-E, Schulze-F, Cussler-K, Hanel-I, Diller-R
Author Affiliation:
E. Borrmann. Institute of Molecular Pathogenesis at the Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Naumburger Str. 96 a, D-07743 Jena, Germany
Abstract:
Cell culture assays are possible alternatives to replace in vivo neutralization tests currently required for potency testing of clostridial vaccines. Cell culture assays based on the MDCK cell line and the Vero cell line which are sensitive to the Clostridium (C.) perfringens type D epsilon toxin and Clostridium novyi type B alpha toxin, respectively, were developed, and the test conditions were standardized. The antibody titres of vaccinated rabbits measured in vitro were compared with t (... more)
Language:
English
Issn:
0378-1135
Subjects:
Cell culture, Rabbits, Cells, In vitro, Clostridium, Toxins, Vaccination, Antibodies, Neutralization, Testing
Descriptors:
C. perfringens type D, Epsilon toxin, C. novyi type B, Alpha toxin, Clostridial vaccines, Potency test, Cell culture assay
Copyright:
Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier B.V.
V.
Clostridium perfringens toxin-types in lambs and kids affected with gastroenteric pathologies in Italy
Source:
The Veterinary Journal, 2005, 170 (3), 346-350
Author(s):
Greco-G, Madio-A, Buonavoglia-D, Totaro-M, Corrente-M, Martella-V, Buonavoglia-C
Author Affiliation:
Grazia Greco. Department of Animal Health and Wellbeing, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, 70010 Valenzano, Italy
Abstract:
A study was carried out in the South of Italy to assess the role of clostridia in neonatal diseases of lambs and kids. Eighty-seven lambs and 15 kids belonging to 25 flocks were examined and Clostridium perfringens was the microorganism most commonly identified. C. perfringens isolates were analysed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), in order to determine the prevalence of the genes cpa, cpb, cpb2, etx, iap and cpe. The most prevalent toxin-type of C. perfringens was found to be type A f (... more)
Language:
English
Issn:
1090-0233
Subjects:
Clostridium perfringens, Clostridium, Kids, Lambs, T-2 toxin, PCR, Genes, Vaccination, Isolation, Casings
Descriptors:
Clostridium perfringens, Clostridial disease, @b"2-toxin, Enterotoxin, Enteritis
Copyright:
Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Ltd
VI.
Characterization of the high affinity binding of epsilon toxin from Clostridium perfringens to the renal system
Source:
Veterinary Microbiology, 2012, 157 (1-2), 179-189
Author(s):
Dorca-Arevalo-J, Martin-Satue-M, Blasi-J
Author Affiliation:
Juan Blasi. Department of Pathology and Experimental Therapeutics, School of Medicine, Campus of Bellvitge, Health Universitat de Barcelona Campus (HUBc), University of Barcelona, c/Feixa Llarga s/n 08907, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
Abstract:
Epsilon toxin (@?-toxin), produced by Clostridium perfringens types B and D, causes fatal enterotoxaemia in livestock. In the renal system, the toxin binds to target cells before oligomerization, pore formation and cell death. Still, there is little information about the cellular and molecular mechanism involved in the initial steps of the cytotoxic action of @?-toxin, including the specific binding to the target sensitive cells. In the present report, the binding step of @?-toxin to the (... more)
Language:
English
Issn:
0378-1135
Subjects:
Clostridium perfringens, Toxins, Clostridium, Cells, Kidneys, Additives, Surfactants
Descriptors:
Epsilon toxin, Clostridium perfringens, MDCK cell line, Enterotoxaemia, Pulpy kidney
Copyright:
Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier B.V.
VII
Clostridium perfringens beta-toxin targets endothelial cells in necrotizing enteritis in piglets
Source:
Veterinary Microbiology, 2009, 137 (3-4), 320-325
Author(s):
Miclard-J, Jaggi-M, Sutter-E, Wyder-M, Grabscheid-B, Posthaus-H
Author Affiliation:
H. Posthaus. Institute of Animal Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, PO-Box 8466, 3001 Bern, Switzerland
Abstract:
Beta-toxin (CPB) is known to be the major virulence factor of Clostridium perfringens type C strains, which cause necrotizing enteritis in pigs, sheep, goats, calves, and humans. The exact mode of action, in particular the cellular targets of CPB in the intestine of naturally affected species, is however still not resolved. To investigate localization of CPB in naturally occurring necrotizing enteritis, we evaluated 52 piglets with spontaneously acquired C. perfringens type C enteritis an (... more)
Language:
English
Issn:
0378-1135
Subjects:
Clostridium perfringens, Enteritis, Cells, Clostridium, Necrosis, Piglets, Intestines
Descriptors:
Clostridium perfringens, Beta-toxin, Necrotizing enteritis, Immunohistochemistry, Endothelial cell
Copyright:
Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier B.V.
VIII
Clostridium perfringens beta-toxin targets endothelial cells in necrotizing enteritis in piglets
Source:
Veterinary Microbiology, 2009, 137 (3-4), 320-325
Author(s):
Miclard-J, Jaggi-M, Sutter-E, Wyder-M, Grabscheid-B, Posthaus-H
Author Affiliation:
H. Posthaus. Institute of Animal Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, PO-Box 8466, 3001 Bern, Switzerland
Abstract:
Beta-toxin (CPB) is known to be the major virulence factor of Clostridium perfringens type C strains, which cause necrotizing enteritis in pigs, sheep, goats, calves, and humans. The exact mode of action, in particular the cellular targets of CPB in the intestine of naturally affected species, is however still not resolved. To investigate localization of CPB in naturally occurring necrotizing enteritis, we evaluated 52 piglets with spontaneously acquired C. perfringens type C enteritis an (... more)
Language:
English
Issn:
0378-1135
Subjects:
Clostridium perfringens, Enteritis, Cells, Clostridium, Necrosis, Piglets, Intestines
Descriptors:
Clostridium perfringens, Beta-toxin, Necrotizing enteritis, Immunohistochemistry, Endothelial cell
Copyright:
Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier B.V.
IX
Real-time multiplex PCR assays for reliable detection of Clostridium perfringens toxin genes in animal isolates
Source:
Veterinary Microbiology, 2008, 127 (1-2), 179-185
Author(s):
Albini-S, Brodard-I, Jaussi-A, Wollschlaeger-N, Frey-J, Miserez-R, Abril-C
Author Affiliation:
C. Abril. Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Abstract:
Typing of Clostridium perfringens strains by PCR-based determination of toxin genes proved to be a reliable method for diagnosis of enterotoxaemia in various animal species. We report the establishment and validation of three real-time fluorogenic (TaqMan^(R)) multiplex PCRs for the detection of C. perfringens @a-, @b-, @b2-, @?-, entero- and @i-toxin genes. The composition of the PCRs was chosen with regard to robustness of the assays and in order to increase sensitivity compared to the (... more)
Language:
English
Issn:
0378-1135
Subjects:
Clostridium perfringens, PCR, Clostridium, Genes, Toxins, Design, Animals, Isolation, Wells, Species
Descriptors:
Clostridium perfringens, Toxin typing, Real-time multiplex PCR, Enterotoxaemia, Quantitation
Copyright:
Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier B.V.
X
The expression of Clostridium perfringens consensus beta2 toxin is associated with bovine enterotoxaemia syndrome
Source:
Veterinary Microbiology, 2007, 120 (1-2), 151-157
Author(s):
Lebrun-M, Filee-P, Mousset-B, Desmecht-D, Galleni-M, Mainil-J, Linden-A
Author Affiliation:
M. Lebrun. Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (Bacteriology), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liege, Liege 4000, Belgium
Abstract:
Clostridium perfringens has been implicated in a broad array of enteric infections including the fatal haemorrhagic enteritis/enterotoxaemia syndrome in cattle. The beta2 toxin (CPB2), encoded by cpb2, is suspected to be implicated in this syndrome. However, among C. perfringens isolates from cattle suspected of clostridial disease, an atypical allele was recently found to predominate at the cpb2 locus and atypical corresponding CPB2 proteins were shown to be poorly expressed, thus arguin (... more)
Language:
English
Issn:
0378-1135
Subjects:
Clostridium perfringens, Clostridium, Toxins, Cattle, Enteritis, Variants, Genes, Immunoblotting, Calves, Bovinae
Descriptors:
Clostridium perfringens, Bovine enterotoxaemia, Beta2-toxin, Atypic allele, Expression
Copyright:
Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier B.V.
XI
A role for the Clostridium perfringens ß2 toxin in bovine enterotoxaemia?
Source:
Veterinary Microbiology, 2002, 86 (3), 191-202
Author(s):
Manteca-C, Daube-G, Jauniaux-T, Linden-A, Pirson-V, Detilleux-J, Ginter-A, Coppe-P, Kaeckenbeeck-A, Mainil-J
Author Affiliation:
J.G Mainil. Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases-Bacteriology, Veterinary Faculty, University of Liege, Liege B4000, Belgium
Abstract:
Non-enterotoxigenic type A Clostridium perfringens are associated with bovine enterotoxaemia, but the a toxin is not regarded as responsible for the production of typical lesions of necrotic and haemorrhagic enteritis. The purpose of this study was to investigate the putative role of the more recently described ß2 toxin. Seven hundred and fourteen non-enterotoxigenic type A C. perfringens isolated from 133 calves with lesions of enterotoxaemia and high clostridial cell counts (study popul (... more)
Language:
English
Issn:
0378-1135
Subjects:
Clostridium perfringens, Toxins, Clostridium, Bovinae, Cell counting, Family planning, Political systems, Haemorrhage, Cells, Calves
Descriptors:
Clostridium perfringens, Toxins, Cattle-bacteria, Enterotoxaemia
Copyright:
Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier B.V.
XII
Characterisation of the calcium-binding C-terminal domain of Clostridium perfringens alpha-toxin
Source:
Journal of Molecular Biology, 1999, 294 (3), 757-770
Author(s):
Naylor-CE, Jepson-M, Crane-DT, Titball-RW, Miller-J, Basak-AK, Bolgiano-B
Author Affiliation:
Department of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, London, UK
Abstract:
Alpha-toxin is the key determinant in gas-gangrene. The toxin, a phospholipase C, cleaves phosphatidylcholine in eukaryotic cell membranes. Calcium ions have been shown to be required for the specific binding of toxin to membranes prior to phospholipid cleavage. Reported X-ray crystallographic structures of the toxin show that the C-terminal domain has a fold that is analogous to the eukaryotic calcium and membrane-binding C2 domains. We report the binding sites for three calcium ions tha (... more)
Language:
English
Issn:
0022-2836
Geographic Location:
ENGLAND
Subjects:
Clostridium perfringens, Clostridium, Protein products, Fluorescence, Esterases, Ions, Spectrometry, Calcium, Toxins, Tryptophan
Descriptors:
Bacterial Toxins. Binding Sites. Calcium. Calcium-Binding Proteins. Chelating Agents. Circular Dichroism. Clostridium perfringens. Crystallography, X-Ray. Egtazic Acid. Hydrogen Bonding. Models, Molecular. Molecular Sequence Data. Phospholipase C. Protein Conformation. Spectrometry, Fluorescence. Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet. Structure-Activity Relationship
XIII
Participation of reactive oxygen metabolites in Clostridium difficile toxin A-induced enteritis in rats
Source:
American Journal of Physiology, 1999, 276 (2_Part_1), G485-G490
Author(s):
Qiu-B, Pothoulakis-C, Castagliuolo-I, Nikulasson-S, LaMont-JT
Author Affiliation:
Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Abstract:
Reactive oxygen metabolites (ROMs) contribute to the pathophysiology of intestinal inflammation. Our aim was to ascertain the involvement of ROMs in experimental ileitis in rats produced by toxin A of Clostridium difficile. Intraluminal toxin A caused a significant increase in hydroxyl radical and hydrogen peroxide production by ileal microsomes starting 1 h following toxin exposure and peaking at 2-3 h, and this was inhibited by pretreatment with DMSO, a ROM scavenger, or superoxide dism (... more)
Language:
English
Issn:
0002-9513
Geographic Location:
UNITED STATES
Subjects:
Clostridium difficile, Toxins, Clostridium, Metabolites, Oxygen, Xanthine oxidase, Superoxide dismutase, Free radicals, Enteritis, Xanthines
Descriptors:
Animal. Dimethyl Sulfoxide. Enteritis. *Enterotoxins. Free Radical Scavengers. Ileum. In Vitro. Intestinal Mucosa. Male. Neutrophils. Peroxidase. Rats. Rats, Wistar. Reactive Oxygen Species. Superoxide Dismutase. Support, Non-U.S. Gov't. Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.. Xanthine Oxidase
XIV
Analysis of the catalytic site of the actin ADP-ribosylating Clostridium perfringens iota toxin
Source:
FEBS Letters, 1996, 380 (3), 291-295
Author(s):
van-Damme-J, Jung-M, Hofmann-F, Just-I, Vandekerckhove-J, Aktories- K
Author Affiliation:
Institute for Biotechnology, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Gent, Belgium
Abstract:
The enzyme component of actin ADP-ribosylating Clostridium perfringens iota toxin was affinity labelled by UV irradiation in the presence of [carbonyl-14C]NAD. A peptide containing the radiolabel was generated by CNBr cleavage and subsequent proteolysis with trypsin. Its amino acid sequence is Gly-Ser-Pro- Gly-Ala-Tyr-Leu-Ser-Ala-Ile-Pro-Gly-Tyr-Ala-Gly-X-Tyr-Glu-Va l-Leu- Leu-Asn-His-Gly-Ser-Lys corresponding with the region Gly-363 through Lys-388 in the C. perfringens iota toxin. Mass (... more)
Language:
English
Issn:
0014-5793
Subjects:
Glutamic acid, Clostridium perfringens, Amino acid sequences, Amino acids, Acids, Actin, Clostridium, Toxins, Peptides, Data
Descriptors:
Actins. Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose. Affinity Labels. Amino Acid Sequence. Bacterial Toxins. Binding Sites. Catalysis. Clostridium perfringens. Cyanogen Bromide. Glutamic Acid. Molecular Sequence Data. NAD. Peptide Fragments. Photochemistry. Ultraviolet Rays
XV
Clostridium absonum alpha-toxin: New insights into clostridial phospholipase C substrate binding and specificity
Source:
Journal of Molecular Biology, 2003, 333 (4), 759-769
Author(s):
Clark-Graeme-C, Briggs-David-C, Karasawa-Tadahiro, Wang-Xingmin, Cole-Ambrose-R, Maegawa-Tsuneo, Jayasekera-Pramukh-N, Naylor-Claire-E, Miller-Julie, Moss-David-S, Nakamura-Shinichi, Basak-Ajit-K, Titball-Richard-W
Author Affiliation:
School of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HX, UK
Abstract:
Clostridium absonum phospholipase C (Caa) is a 42.7 kDa protein, which shows 60% amino acid sequence identity with the Clostridium perfringens phospholipase C, or alpha-toxin (Cpa), and has been isolated from patients suffering from gas gangrene. We report the cloning and sequencing, purification, characterisation and crystal structure of the Caa enzyme. Caa had twice the phospholipid-hydrolysing (lecithinase) activity, 1.5 times the haemolytic activity and over seven times the activity t (... more)
Language:
English
Issn:
0022-2836
Subjects:
Esterases, Clostridium, Clostridium perfringens, Liposomes (organelles), Necrosis, Clones, Enzymes, Mice, Species, Timing
Descriptors:
Enzymology-: Biochemistry-and-Molecular-Biophysics; Infection-; Toxicology- alpha-toxin: lecithinase-, phospholipase-C; para-nitrophenylphosphorylcholine; phosphatidylcholine-; sphingomyelin- gas-gangrene: (Gas-Gangrene-(MeSH)), bacterial-disease enzyme-substrate-interaction; interspecific-amino-acid-sequence-comparison; virulence-
Identifiers:
X-ray-crystallography: crystallographic-techniques, laboratory-techniques; cloning-: genetic-techniques, laboratory-techniques; protein-sequencing: genetic-techniques, laboratory-techniques
Organism Descriptors:
Clostridium-absonum (Endospore-forming-Gram-Positives): species-, pathogen-; Clostridium-perfringens (Endospore-forming-Gram-Positives): species-; human- (Hominidae-): common-; mouse- (Muridae-): common- liposome-; red-blood-cell: blood-and-lymphatics
Copyright:
Biological Abstracts Inc. (BIOSIS) All Rights Reserved
XVI
Tyrosine 331 and phenylalanine 334 in Clostridium perfringens alpha-toxin are essential for cytotoxic activity
Source:
FEBS Letters, 2001, 495 (3), 172-177
Author(s):
Jepson-M, Bullifent-HL, Crane-D, Flores-Diaz-M, Alape-Giron-A, Jayasekeera-P, Lingard-B, Moss-D, Titball-RW
Author Affiliation:
Defense Evaluation Research Agency, CBD Porton Down, Salisbury, UK
Abstract:
Differences in the biological properties of the Clostridium perfringens phospholipase C (alpha-toxin) and the C. bifermentans phospholipase C (Cbp) have been attributed to differences in their carboxy-terminal domains. Three residues in the carboxy-terminal domain of alpha-toxin, which have been proposed to play a role in membrane recognition (D269, Y331 and F334), are not conserved in Cbp (Y, L and I respectively). We have characterised D269Y, Y331L and F334I variant forms of alpha-toxin (... more)
Issn:
0014-5793
Geographic Location:
Netherlands
Subjects:
Clostridium perfringens, Tyrosine, Phenylalanine, Clostridium, Esterases, Variants, Cells, Phospholipids, Membranes, Toxicity
Descriptors:
Animal. Aspartic Acid. Bacterial Toxins. Binding Sites. Calcium-Binding Proteins. Cell Line. Cell Membrane. Hamsters. Isoleucine. Leucine. Liposomes. Models, Molecular. Mutagenesis, Site-Directed. Phenylalanine. Phospholipase C. Phospholipids. Support, Non-U.S. Gov't. Tyrosine
XVI
Lethal toxin of Clostridium sordellii is associated with fatal equine atypical myopathy
Source:
Veterinary Microbiology, 2010, 144 (3-4), 487-492
Author(s):
Unger-Torroledo-L, Straub-R, Lehmann-A, Graber-F, Stahl-C, Frey-J, Gerber-V, Hoppeler-H, Baum-O
Author Affiliation:
Joachim Frey. Department of Veterinary Bacteriology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Abstract:
The lethal toxin of Clostridium sordellii (TcsL) evokes severe, mostly fatal disease patterns like toxic shock syndrome in humans and animals. Since this large clostridial toxin-induced severe muscle damaging when injected intramuscularly into mice, we hypothesized that TcsL is also associated with equine atypical myopathy (EAM), a fatal myodystrophy of hitherto unknown etiology. Transmission electron microscopy revealed skeletal and heart muscles of EAM-affected horses to undergo degener (... more)
Language:
English
Issn:
0378-1135
Subjects:
Clostridium, Toxins, Muscular diseases, Horses, Damage, Antibodies, Microscopy, Muscles, Associations, Mice
Descriptors:
Equine atypical myopathy, Clostridium, Clostridium sordellii, Lethal toxin
Copyright:
Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier B.V.
XVII
Clostridium perfringens type C and Clostridium difficile co-infection in foals
Source:
Veterinary Microbiology, 2012, 156 (3-4), 395-402
Author(s):
Uzal-F, Diab-S, Blanchard-P, Moore-J, Anthenill-L, Shahriar-F, Garcia-J, Songer-J
Author Affiliation:
F.A. Uzal. California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory, San Bernardino Branch, UC Davis, CA, USA
Abstract:
Clostridium perfringens type C is one of the most important agents of enteric disease in newborn foals. Clostridium difficile is now recognized as an important cause of enterocolitis in horses of all ages. While infections by C. perfringens type C or C. difficile are frequently seen, we are not aware of any report describing combined infection by these two microorganisms in foals. We present here five cases of foal enterocolitis associated with C. difficile and C. perfringens type C infec (... more)
Language:
English
Issn:
0378-1135
Subjects:
Clostridium perfringens, Clostridium difficile, Foals, Clostridium, Postmortem examination, Haemorrhage, Toxins, Enteritis, PCR, Infection
Descriptors:
Clostridium perfringens type C, Clostridium difficile, Colitis, Enteritis, Foals
Copyright:
Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier B.V.
XVIII
Dynamics of plc gene transcription and a-toxin production during growth of Clostridium perfringens strains with contrasting a-toxin production
Source:
Veterinary Microbiology, 2009, 139 (1-2), 202-206
Author(s):
Abildgaard-L, Schramm-A, Rudi-K, Hojberg-O
Author Affiliation:
Ole Hojberg. Department of Animal Health and Bioscience, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Aarhus University, P.O. Box 50, DK-8830 Tjele, Denmark
Abstract:
The aim of the present study was to investigate transcription dynamics of the a-toxin-encoding plc gene relative to two housekeeping genes (gyrA and rplL) in batch cultures of three Clostridium perfringens strains with low, intermediate, and high levels of a-toxin production, respectively. The plc transcript level was always low in the low a-toxin producing strain. For the two other strains, plc transcription showed an inducible pattern and reached a maximum level in the late exponential (... more)
Language:
English
Issn:
0378-1135
Subjects:
Transcription, Toxins, Genes, Clostridium perfringens, Clostridium, Production, Restricted feeding, Growth
Descriptors:
plc transcription, Real-time PCR, [abr] NE; necrotic enteritis, [abr] RT; reverse transcription, [abr] MDAP; maximum detected a-toxin production, C. perfringens, a-Toxin production
Copyright:
Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier B.V.
XIX
Clinicopathological observations of Clostridium perfringens toxins in experimental guineapigs
Source:
Indian Veterinary Journal, 1999, 76 (6), 497-500
Author(s):
Rahman-M-S, Rahman-M-M, Khan-M-A-H-N-A
Author Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh
Abstract:
Crude Clostridium perfringens toxins from infected calves showing signs of enterotoxaemia were injected i.p. or intradermally at various dose rates into laboratory guineapigs. Intradermal injection had a dermonecrotic effect at the injection site, and the animals showed general depression; by i.p. injection, 0.2 ml of the toxins did not give a reaction, but 0.3 ml produced typical clinical signs and pathological changes in the digestive tract, brain, meninges and lymphoid organs. It is co (... more)
Language:
English
Issn:
0019-6479
Subjects:
Clostridium perfringens, Clostridium, Guinea pigs, Injection, Toxins, Models
Descriptors:
experimental-infection. endotoxins. intraperitoneal-injection. models. bacterial-diseases
Identifiers:
intradermal injection
Organism Descriptors:
Clostridium-perfringens. guineapigs
Copyright:
Copyright CAB International
XX
Thermoaciduric Clostridium pasteurianum Spoilage of Shelf-Stable Apple Juice
Source:
Journal of Food Protection, 2010, 73 (10), 1886-1890
Author(s):
Feng-Guopin, Churey-John-J, Worobo-Randy-W, (rww8@cornell.edu)
Author Affiliation:
Worobo, Randy W.; Cornell Univ, Dept Food Sci, Geneva, NY 14456 USA
Abstract:
Clostridium pasteurianum BB, a saccharolytic and spore-forming obligate anaerobe, was isolated and identified from shelf-stable apple juice that was responsible for multiple large spoilage outbreaks. The growth and sporulation conditions of C. pasteurianum were atypical compared with those previously published. C. pasteurianum spores were heat resistant in apple juice at pH 3.80, with D-values at 80, 85, and 90 degrees C being 34.4, 15.9, and 4.4 min, respectively, and a z-value of 11 deg (... more)
Language:
English
Issn:
0362-028X
Subjects:
Apple juice, Clostridium pasteurianum, Clostridium, Deterioration, Spores, Germination, Ph, Apples, Heating, Isolation
Descriptors:
Foods apple juice (beverage), food spoilage, shelf stability, juice pH, germination capability
Copyright:
Biological Abstracts Inc. (BIOSIS) All Rights Reserved
XXI
Lethal effects of Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin are potentiated by alpha and perfringolysin-O toxins in a mouse model
Source:
Veterinary Microbiology, 2008, 127 (3-4), 379-385
Author(s):
Fernandez-Miyakawa-M, Jost-B, Billington-S, Uzal-F
Author Affiliation:
Francisco A. Uzal. California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System, San Bernardino Branch, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, 105 W Central Avenue, San Bernardino, CA 92408, USA
Abstract:
Epsilon toxin (ETX) is the most important virulence factor of Clostridium perfringens type D. Two other important toxins, alpha toxin (CPA) and perfringolysin-O (PFO), are encoded and potentially produced by most C. perfringens type D isolates. The biological effects of these toxins are dissimilar although they are all lethal. Since the possible interaction of these toxins during infection is unknown, the effects of CPA and PFO on the lethal activity of ETX were studied in a mouse model. (... more)
Language:
English
Issn:
0378-1135
Subjects:
Clostridium perfringens, Toxins, Clostridium, Injection, Inoculation, Survival, Models, Mice, Reduction, Imports
Descriptors:
Clostridium perfringens, Epsilon toxin, Alpha toxin, Perfringolysin-O, Synergism
Copyright:
Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier B.V.