title: Isolation of a clonal population of Clostridium perfringens type A from a Belgian Blue calf with abomasal ulceration.
abstract: A case of abomasal ulceration in a 3-month-old Belgian Blue calf is described. Microscopical examination revealed the ulcers to be demarcated by a band of neutrophilic inflammation that separated underlying healthy tissue from the superficial fibrinous necrotic material in which bacteria were present. Clostridium perfringens type A was isolated from multiple ulcers and from the intestinal contents of the animal and pulsed field gel electrophoresis confirmed that the isolates comprised a genetically clonal population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium. filip.vanimmerseel@ugent.be
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Van Immerseel
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pardon
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maes
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heyndrickx
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Timbermont
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Boyen
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Haesebrouck
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ducatelle
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Deprez
mesh_terms: D000018:Abomasum / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003016:Clostridium perfringens / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*