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Clostridium perfringens Type A Enteritis in Pigs /

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Intestinal Diseases in Pigs
Overview of Intestinal Diseases in Pigs
Clostridium difficile Enteritis in Pigs
Clostridium perfringens Type A Enteritis in Pigs
Clostridium perfringens Type C Enteritis in Pigs
Edema Disease in Pigs
Enteric Colibacillosis in Pigs
Hemorrhagic Bowel Syndrome in Pigs
Intestinal Salmonellosis in Pigs
Intestinal Spirochetosis in Pigs
Parasitism (Gastrointestinal) in Pigs
Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea
Porcine Proliferative Enteritis
Rectal Strictures in Pigs
Rotaviral Enteritis in Pigs
Swine Dysentery
Transmissible Gastroenteritis in Pigs
Other Intestinal Viruses of Pigs

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Clostridium perfringens Type A Enteritis in Pigs

By

D. L. Hank Harris

, DVM, PhD, Department of Animal Science, Department of Veterinary Diagnostics and Production Animal Medicine, Iowa State University

Last full review/revision Sep 2013 | Content last modified Sep 2013

Infection of the small intestine by type A strains of C perfringens is a milder condition and rarer than disease caused by C perfringens type C (see Clostridium perfringens Type C Enteritis in Pigs). Suckling and sometimes weaned pigs are affected and exhibit yellow-colored feces with mucous and flecks of blood. Growth rates are suppressed but with low to no mortality. The lesions at necropsy are milder and blood-free as compared with those of C perfringens type C enteritis. Diagnosis, treatment, and control are as for C perfringens type C enteritis.

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