The Clostridium perfringens bacterium is the most common cause of food poisoning. This bacteria is found in the intestines of people and animals and is present in soil and animal and human feces.

K-State veterinarian Bob Larson explains how young calves develop overeating disease and outlines a strategy that lessens the risk.

The study involved the analysis of 763 C. perfringens genomes from various hosts, revealing a high prevalence of the cpb2 gene in pig-derived strains. Interestingly, while the cpb2 gene was ...

Pfizer's vaccine for Clostridium difficile (C. diff) looks like it may join a growing list of candidates that have been shelved or delayed, after the shot failed to meet its primary objective in a ...

“In fact, the bacterium that causes the disease, Clostridium perfringens, is ever-present in the environment and the digestive tract of calves. The bacteria, C. perfringens Type C in nursing-age ...

Injecting drug users frequently use accident and emergency (A&E) departments to access emergency care for local and systemic infections. Clostridium novyi type A is a bacterium that has recently been ...