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Thirty-nine enterotoxigenic cultures of Clostridium perfringens type A were studied for enterotoxin and haemagglutinin production. Enterotoxin was quantitated by sandwich ELISA and DOT-ELISA techniques and haemagglutinin titres were determined using sheep and human erythrocytes. Haemagglutinins from only six cultures reacted against both sheep and human erythrocytes; a further 13 reacted only against human erythrocytes, and another five only against sheep cells.
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The authors are with the Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology, Ranchi Veterinary College, Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi-834007 (Bihar), India.
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Mehta, R., Narayan, K.G. Haemagglutinin production by enterotoxigenic strains of Clostridium perfringens type A. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 7, 600–602 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00452839
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