| [the necrotizing enteritis by clostridium perfringens type c in piglets: practical observations, control and epidemiology]. | necrotizing enteritis in piglets is caused by the spore-forming anaerobe clostridium perfringens type c. the pathology is believed to be due to the production of beta-toxin by the agent and the infection tends to persist in affected herds despite appropriate hygiene measures. during the period 1989 to 2001, 35 outbreaks were observed in 15 herds in a limited geographic region in northwestern switzerland in the canton of fribourg. initial outbreaks of acute disease were followed by chronic manife ... | 2002 | 12125237 |