"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.
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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.410.222.325 C22.313
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Heat-stable enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and necrotizing enterocolitis: lack of an association. J Pediatr. 1977 Aug; 91(2):302-3.