Clostridium perfringens type A
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- Gas gangrene and myositis
- Extensive bacterial invasion of damaged muscle
- Gas production causing subcutaneous crepitus
- Similar manifestations as malignant oedema
- Necrotising enterocolitis in pigs and necrotic enteritis in chickens (alpha toxin with lecithinase activity)
- Canine haemorrhagic gastroenteritis (cytotoxic enterotoxin)
- Typhlocolotis in horses, possibly associated with Colitis X