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- Title
Tetanus in animals.
- Authors
Uzal, Francisco A.; Navarro, Mauricio A.; Hostetter, Jesse M.; Popoff, Michel R.
- Abstract
Tetanus is a neurologic disease of humans and animals characterized by spastic paralysis. Tetanus is caused by tetanus toxin (TeNT) produced by Clostridium tetani, an environmental soilborne, gram-positive, sporulating bacterium. The disease most often results from wound contamination by soil containing C. tetani spores. Horses, sheep, and humans are highly sensitive to TeNT, whereas cattle, dogs, and cats are more resistant. The diagnosis of tetanus is mainly based on the characteristic clinical signs. Identification of C. tetani at the wound site is often difficult.
- Subjects
TETANUS; TETANUS toxin; ANIMAL diseases; NEUROLOGICAL disorders; SPASTIC paralysis; HAEMONCHUS contortus; SHEEP diseases
- Publication
Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 2020, Vol 32, Issue 2, p184
- ISSN
1040-6387
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1040638720906814