Enterotoxemia

Introduction: Enterotoxemia

Description of Enterotoxemia

Enterotoxemia: Disease caused by the liberation of exotoxins of CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS in the intestines of sheep, goats, cattle, foals, and piglets. Type B enterotoxemia in lambs is lamb dysentery; type C enterotoxemia in mature sheep produces "struck", and in calves, lambs and piglets it produces hemorrhagic enterotoxemia; type D enterotoxemia in sheep and goats is pulpy-kidney disease or overeating disease.
Source: MeSH 2007

Hierarchical classifications of Enterotoxemia

The following list attempts to classify Enterotoxemia into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Bacterial Infections and Mycoses
  • Bacterial Infections
    • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
      • Clostridium Infections
        • Enterotoxemia

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Animal Diseases
  • Enterotoxemia

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