Clostridium perfringens type A beta2 toxin in elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) and pygmy hog (Sus salvanius) with haemorrhagic enteritis in Assam, India

Arunava Das¹, Yahya Mazumder²*, Biman K. Dutta³, Bibek R. Shome⁴, Komal M. Bujarbaruah⁵ and Gauri D. Sharma⁶

¹Department of Biotechnology, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, Tamil Nadu, India.

²Department of Biotechnology, Nagarjuna College of Engineering and Technology, Bangalore, India.

³Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar, Assam, India.

⁴Project Directorate on Animal Disease Monitoring and Surveillance, Hebbal, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

⁵Division of Animal Science, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi, India.

⁶Department of Life Science, Assam University, Silchar, Assam, India.