title: Fatal clostridial enterotoxemia (Clostridium glycolicum) in an ornate Nile monitor (Varanus ornatus).
abstract: Enterotoxemia caused by Clostridium glycolicum was identified as the cause of circulatory collapse and death in a female, 3-yr-old, captive-bred ornate Nile monitor (Varanus ornatus). Anaerobic culture of fecal samples from 12 other monitor lizards from the collection failed to demonstrate the presence of this pathogen.
authors.affiliation: Toronto Zoo, 361A Old Finch Avenue, Scarborough, Ontario M1B 5K7, Canada.
authors.forename: Mads F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Bertelsen
authors.forename: J Scott
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Weese
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D004767:Enterotoxemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000097:blood / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005243:Feces / Q000737:chemistry; D005260:Female; D008116:Lizards / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D004768:Enterotoxins; C035598:enterotoxin, Clostridium