Avian botulism in winter and spring and the stability of Clostridium botulinum type C toxin

1978 ◽  
Vol 102 (2) ◽  
pp. 40-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Graham ◽  
G. Smith ◽  
E. Borland ◽  
J. MacDonald
1999 ◽  
Vol 65 (7) ◽  
pp. 3240-3243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judy L. Williamson ◽  
Tonie E. Rocke ◽  
Judd M. Aiken

ABSTRACT A nested PCR was developed for detection of the Clostridium botulinum type C1 toxin gene in sediments collected from wetlands where avian botulism outbreaks had or had not occurred. The C1 toxin gene was detected in 16 of 18 sites, demonstrating both the ubiquitous distribution of C. botulinum type C in wetland sediments and the sensitivity of the detection assay.


2006 ◽  
Vol 1763 (1) ◽  
pp. 120-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nobuo Uotsu ◽  
Atsushi Nishikawa ◽  
Toshihiro Watanabe ◽  
Tohru Ohyama ◽  
Takashi Tonozuka ◽  
...  

Microbiology ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 145 (9) ◽  
pp. 2533-2542 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaoru Inoue ◽  
Yukako Fujinaga ◽  
Koichi Honke ◽  
Kenji Yokota ◽  
Tetsuya Ikeda ◽  
...  

1973 ◽  
Vol 93 (22) ◽  
pp. 576-577 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Harrison ◽  
E. Borland

2012 ◽  
Vol 50 (No. 10) ◽  
pp. 443-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Hubalek ◽  
V. Skorpikova ◽  
D. Horal

An episode of mortality in waterbirds occurred on a sedimentation reservoir with effluents from the sugar beet processing plant at Hrusovany n.J. (South Moravia, Czech Republic) in summer 2003: tens of black-headed gulls (Larus ridibundus), several lapwings (Vanellus vanellus), one little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius), one ruff (Philomachus pugnax), one wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola), and two avocets (Recurvirostra avosetta) died. One of the two avocets and the plover, local breeders, were examined and found positive for Clostridium botulinum type C toxin by use of the toxin-neutralization test. Avocet is classified as a rare bird species according to Red Book data and is listed as critically endangered species in theCzechRepublic, and is therefore protected. Avian botulism can occasionally cause deleterious effects to waterbird fauna and its protection.


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