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Enterotoxemia MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Enterotoxemia
Tree Number(s)
C01.150.252.410.222.325
C22.313
Unique ID
D004767
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004767
Annotation
Clostridium infect; animal only; check tag ANIMALS; coord IM with precoord animal/dis term (IM) + animal (NIM) or with animal (IM) in absence of precoord
Scope Note
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.
Previous Indexing
Clostridium Infections/veterinary (1966-1968)
Public MeSH Note
91; was see under CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS 1969-90
History Note
91(69); was see under CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS 1969-90
Date Established
1991/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2019/06/17
Enterotoxemia Preferred
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