Natural Clostridium botulinum type C toxicosis in a group of cats.
Clinical signs of botulism were observed in a group of eight cats, four of which died, after being fed pelican carrion. Clostridium botulinum type C was isolated from one cat. The microorganism and its toxin were found in the pelican. This is apparently the first report of natural botulism in cats.
Elad
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Kimron Veterinary Institute, Bet Dagan, Israel. elad@agri.huji.ac.il
Yas-Natan
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Aroch
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I
Shamir
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MH
Kleinbart
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S
Hadash
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D
Chaffer
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M
Greenberg
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K
Shlosberg
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A
D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D001717:Birds / Q000382:microbiology*; D001905:Botulinum Toxins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D001906:Botulism / Q000662:veterinary*; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D002415:Cats; D047968:Clostridium botulinum type C / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005516:Food Microbiology; D008297:Male
D001905:Botulinum Toxins; C096324:botulinum toxin type C