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Project

Pathogenesis and control of enterotoxemia in calves

The veal calf industry struggles with economic losses due to mortality caused by enterotoxemia or necrohemorrhagic enteritis. Clostridium perfringens is seen as plausible causative agent. In this project

we wish to confirm the role of C. perfringens and we will investigate possible causative toxins in search of a vaccine based on non-toxic mutants of these toxins.

Date:1 Sep 2010 →  31 Aug 2014
Keywords:calves, necrohemorrhagic enteritis, clostridium perfringens
Disciplines:Laboratory medicine, Other veterinary sciences, Immunology, Agricultural animal production, Other agricultural, veterinary and food sciences, Microbiology, Systems biology, Animal biology, Veterinary medicine