Clostridium perfringens isolates were obtained from pigs of five porcine farms in Poland. The presence of C. perfringens was detected in 92% of faeces samples and its number ranged from 1.0 × 101 cfu/g to 1.2 × 107 cfu/g. All the isolates belonged to type A and 48.7% of them contained cpb2 gene. The qualitative assessment of toxin genes expression by type A subtype β2 isolates showed expression of cpa gene in 100% of strains and cpb2 gene in 71% of the analysed strains. The isolate from one-day-old piglets demonstrated also the expression of cpa and cpb2 genes.
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Kukier, E., Goldsztejn, M., Grenda, T., & Kwiatek, K. (2012). Occurrence and expression of toxin genes in Clostridium perfringens isolates from pigs. Bulletin of the Veterinary Institute in Pulawy, 56(4), 495–498. https://doi.org/10.2478/v10213-012-0087-0
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