Disease caused by the liberation of exotoxins of CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS in the intestines of sheep, goats, cattle, foals, and piglets. Type B enterotoxemia in lambs is lamb dysentery; type C enterotoxemia in mature sheep produces struck, and in calves, lambs and piglets it produces hemorrhagic enterotoxemia; type D enterotoxemia in sheep and goats is pulpy-kidney disease or overeating disease.

Annotation

Clostridium infect; animal only; check tag ANIMALS; coord IM with precoord animal/dis term (IM) + animal (NIM) or with animal (IM) in absence of precoord

DUI

D004767 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0007486

Previous indexing

Clostridium Infections/veterinary (1966-1968)

History note

91(69); was see under CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS 1969-90

Public note

91; was see under CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS 1969-90