Diagnosis of spontaneous Clostridium spiroforme iota enterotoxemia in a barrier rabbit breeding colony. Export

@article{citeulike:4178438, abstract = {Five New Zealand White rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in a rigid barrier rabbit breeding colony developed acute diarrhea 1 week after weaning. Both Clostridium spiroforme and an iota-toxin were isolated from cecal and colon contents of all five rabbits. When pure isolates of C. spiroforme were administered to two normal healthy rabbits, the rabbits developed identical disease and shed both the organism and the iota-toxin. Results of this study suggested that C. spiroforme is an important enteric pathogen of weanling rabbits and the etiology of this diarrhea complex can be rapidly confirmed using four diagnostic criteria.}, author = {Yonushonis, W. P. and Roy, M. J. and Carman, R. J. and Sims, R. E.}, citeulike-article-id = {4178438}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3586608}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=3586608}, issn = {0023-6764}, journal = {Laboratory animal science}, keywords = {clostridium, diarrhea, rabbit}, month = {February}, number = {1}, pages = {69--71}, posted-at = {2009-03-15 13:35:47}, priority = {2}, title = {Diagnosis of spontaneous Clostridium spiroforme iota enterotoxemia in a barrier rabbit breeding colony.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3586608}, volume = {37}, year = {1987} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4178438 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4178438 N2 - Five New Zealand White rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in a rigid barrier rabbit breeding colony developed acute diarrhea 1 week after weaning. Both Clostridium spiroforme and an iota-toxin were isolated from cecal and colon contents of all five rabbits. When pure isolates of C. spiroforme were administered to two normal healthy rabbits, the rabbits developed identical disease and shed both the organism and the iota-toxin. Results of this study suggested that C. spiroforme is an important enteric pathogen of weanling rabbits and the etiology of this diarrhea complex can be rapidly confirmed using four diagnostic criteria. IS - 1 JF - Laboratory animal science SN - 0023-6764 EP - 71 TI - Diagnosis of spontaneous Clostridium spiroforme iota enterotoxemia in a barrier rabbit breeding colony. VL - 37 SP - 69 KW - clostridium KW - diarrhea KW - rabbit AU - Yonushonis, WP AU - Roy, MJ AU - Carman, RJ AU - Sims, RE PY - 1987/02// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3586608 ER -