Type A botulism in horses in the United States: a review of the past ten years (1998-2008)

J Vet Diagn Invest. 2010 Mar;22(2):165-73.

Type A botulism in horses in the United States: a review of the past ten years (1998-2008).
Johnson AL, McAdams SC, Whitlock RH.

Section of Medicine, New Bolton Center, 382 West Street Road, Kennett Square, PA 19348, USA. amyjohn@vet.upenn.edu

"The objective of the current retrospective study was to describe naturally occurring type A botulism in horses in the United States. In the past 10 years, the Botulism Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Veterinary Medicine has identified 3 isolated cases and 8 outbreaks of type A botulism in horses via samples positive for Clostridium botulinum type A toxin or spores using the mouse bioassay test. ..."

PMID: 20224073 [PubMed}

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