Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin – EIA

faeces

ELISA

1 - 2 days

• Determination is particularly indicated in case of colitis.
• A faecal sample at least the size of a cherry is required.
• In carnivores, Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin can cause diarrhoea and vomiting of varying severity; enterotoxaemia is rare. Toxin formation is induced by antibiotic administration, stress, co-infections or especially by an unbalanced diet rich in proteins and connective tissue.
• Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin is gaining importance in farm animals. It mainly causes serious diseases in young animals like calves, lambs (lamb dysentery) or suckling piglets (necrotising enteritis). Older animals are affected by clostridiosis (cattle), pulpy kidney disease (sheep), struck (sheep) or sporadic catarrhal and haemorrhagic enteritis (pigs).