Diversity of Clostridium perfringens toxin-genotypes from dairy farms.
Svenja FohlerGuenter KleinMartina HoedemakerTheresa ScheuChristian SeyboldtAmely CampeKatharina Charlotte JensenAmir AbdulmawjoodPublished in: BMC microbiology (2016)
Both allelic variants of cpb2 occurred frequently in animals without signs of acute enteric disease, whereby the atypical variant dominated. Five (0.8 %) of all type A isolates were positive for the cpe gene. Therefore, the present study indicates that dairy cows are no primary source for potentially human pathogenic enterotoxin gene positive strains.