The First Identification and Antibiogram of <i>Clostridium perfringens</i> Type C Isolated from Soil and The Feces of Dead Foals in South Korea

• Main Authors: Chul Song Park, Ji Yong Hwang, Gil Jae Cho
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2019-08-01
• Series: Animals
• Subjects: <i>Clostridium perfringens</i>; <i>beta</i>-toxin; 16S rRNA; antibiotic; South Korea
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/9/8/579
• ISSN: 2076-2615

<i>Clostridium (C.) perfringens</i> was isolated from 25 (11.1%) of 225 sampled horses and from 16 (35.56%) of 45 farms. All of the samples were negative for <i>cpe,</i> <i>etx</i>, <i>itx, NetF</i> genes and <i>cpa</i> <i>gene</i> were detected in 100% (25 of 25) of the samples that were positive for <i>C. perfringens</i>. <i>cpb</i> and <i>cpb2</i> were detected in 40.0% (10 of 25) and 60.0% (15 of 25) of the samples that were positive for <i>C. perfringens</i>, respectively. Of the 25 <i>C. perfringens</i> isolates, 15 (60%) were type A and 10 (40%) were type C. Type C was observed on all the farms where the foals&#8217; deaths occurred. None of the isolates were positive for type B, type D, or type E. The MIC Evaluator strips antimicrobial susceptibility test showed meropenem (96%), ampicillin (92%), amoxicillin/clavulanic acid (84%), and tetracycline (8%) sensitivity.