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necrotizing enteritis - enteritis characterized by bloody diarrhea and severe abdominal pain

enteritis - inflammation of the intestine (especially the small intestine); usually characterized by diarrhea

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References in periodicals archive

perfringens-associated necrotizing enteritis, where no ulcers were found in postmortem examination [16].

Clostridium perfringens Septicemia and a Bleeding Ulcer of a Jejunal Interposition: A Case Report and Short Review of the Literature

In one case involving C sordellii, an Australian pelican (Pelicanus conspicillatus) was found dead among other waterfowl in a pond, demonstrating extensive subcutaneous, pericardial, epicardial, and endocardial hemorrhage as well as hemorrhagic necrotizing enteritis. (15) In that bird, because bacteria were not found outside the intestines, exotoxin involvement was presumed likely.

Unusual Outbreak of Fatal Clostridiosis in a Group of Captive Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis)

As part of a wider study of neglected and undiagnosed disease syndromes observed in Australia wildlife, we investigated the possible infectious cause of several deaths in ringtail possums that were most often associated with acute necrotizing enteritis or hepatitis.

Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica in Ringtail Possums, Australia

Clostridium perfringens beta-toxin targets endothelial cells in necrotizing enteritis in piglets.

Clostridium perfringens: a review of the disease in pigs, horses and broiler chickens/Clostridium perfringens: uma revisao da doenca em suinos, equinos e frangos de corte

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