Enterotoxemia

"Enterotoxemia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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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.

Descriptor ID

D004767

MeSH Number(s)

C01.252.410.222.325

C22.313

Concept/Terms

Enterotoxemia

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Diseases [C]
Bacterial Infections and Mycoses [C01]
Bacterial Infections [C01.252]
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections [C01.252.410]
Clostridium Infections [C01.252.410.222]
Enterotoxemia [C01.252.410.222.325]
Animal Diseases [C22]
Enterotoxemia [C22.313]

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