Molecular Detection and Phylogenetic Analysis of the cpb2 Gene in Clostridium perfringens Isolates Recovered from Poultry with Suspected Necrotic Enteritis
Necrotic enteritis (NE) is an economically important enteric disease of poultry associated with pathogenic Clostridium perfringens strains. The beta2 toxin gene, cpb2, has been detected in isolates from several host species, but its contribution to avian NE remains uncertain. This descriptive study...