| [neonatal diarrhoea in pigs: alpha- and beta2-toxin produced by clostridium perfringens]. | since 2001 the pig health unit of utrecht university has been consulted by various pig farms regarding neonatal diarrhoea. when preventive measures against e. coli-induced diarrhoea had no or limited results, the diarrhoeic piglets were investigated further. the microbiological and pathological findings were indicative of infection with clostridium perfringens. toxin typing by polymerase chain reaction led to the detection of genes encoding a-toxin (cpa) and beta2-toxin (cpb2). surprisingly, alp ... | 2006 | 17278609 |