Enterotoxemia

As enterotoxaemia is known in the veterinary medicine peracute extending poisoning by the intestine ( altgriech. Ἔντερον [enteron] ) resulting poisons ( toxins ) of bacteria Clostridium perfringens ( serotypes A, B, C, D and E), which absorbed to and in the blood ( ancient Greek αἷμα [haima] → emia ) skip. Possible causes are a sudden change in feed, contamination of the feed with the pathogen, in rodents and rabbits also the use of antibiotics that are not effective against clostridia and thus lead to an explosion of the clostridia, which are part of the natural intestinal flora ( antibiotic-related enterotoxemia , see also rabbit enterocolitis ).

In sheep, poisoning with type D toxin is referred to as pulp kidney disease , and type C as struck .

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