Prevalence and molecular typing of Clostridium perfringens in captive wildlife in India

The prevalence of Clostridium perfringens in captive wildlife in India has not been reported. The objective of the study was to determine the fecal prevalence of C. perfringens in captive wildlife in India. The prevalence in captive wild ruminants, non-ruminants, birds and caretakers were 34.1%, 36%...

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Published inAnaerobe Vol. 44; pp. 55 - 57
Main Authors Milton, Arockiasamy Arun Prince, Agarwal, Rajesh Kumar, Bhuvana Priya, Govindarajan, Saminathan, Mani, Aravind, Manivasagam, Reddy, Avinash, Athira, C.K., Ramees, Thadiyampuram, Sharma, Anil Kumar, Kumar, Ashok
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2017
Subjects
Animals
Bacterial Toxins - analysis
Birds
Clostridium Infections - epidemiology
Clostridium Infections - microbiology
Clostridium Infections - veterinary
Clostridium perfringens - classification
Clostridium perfringens - genetics
Clostridium perfringens - isolation & purification
Feces - microbiology
India
Mammals
Molecular Typing
Prevalence
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Summary:The prevalence of Clostridium perfringens in captive wildlife in India has not been reported. The objective of the study was to determine the fecal prevalence of C. perfringens in captive wildlife in India. The prevalence in captive wild ruminants, non-ruminants, birds and caretakers were 34.1%, 36%, 22.5% and 6.7%, respectively. Toxinotyping of C. perfringens indicated that the predominant type was type A with a prevalence rate of 69.7%, followed by type A with cpb2 gene (28.3%) and type B (2.%).
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ISSN:1075-9964
1095-8274
DOI:10.1016/j.anaerobe.2017.01.011