{"title":"Isolation of <i>Clostridium botulinum</i> type C from a wound in a pig.","authors":"Benedetta Cordioli, Manuel Garbuio, Eliana Schiavon, Alessia Rizzardi, Angela Guolo, Serena Genovese, Ilenia Drigo, Luca Bano","doi":"10.1177/10406387251330885","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report here the isolation of <i>Clostridium botulinum</i> type C from the medial muscles of the thigh of a gestating gilt with a claw wound and without evidence of septicemia. The pig died with paralytic signs, consistent with wound botulism, similar to episodes in humans.</p>","PeriodicalId":17579,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation","volume":" ","pages":"694-696"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11993541/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation","FirstCategoryId":"97","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10406387251330885","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/4/10 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"VETERINARY SCIENCES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We report here the isolation of Clostridium botulinum type C from the medial muscles of the thigh of a gestating gilt with a claw wound and without evidence of septicemia. The pig died with paralytic signs, consistent with wound botulism, similar to episodes in humans.
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The Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation (J Vet Diagn Invest) is an international peer-reviewed journal published bimonthly in English by the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD). JVDI is devoted to all aspects of veterinary laboratory diagnostic science including the major disciplines of anatomic pathology, bacteriology/mycology, clinical pathology, epidemiology, immunology, laboratory information management, molecular biology, parasitology, public health, toxicology, and virology.