Phenotypical Identification and Toxinotyping of Clostridium perfringens Isolates from Healthy and Enteric Disease-Affected Chickens

Table 2

Distribution of C. perfringens isolates and its toxins from different chickens.

Chickens	No. of samples		PCR positive isolates
	Live bird market (healthy)	Clinical case (diseased)	Cp^a(%)	α	β	ε	ι	β2	Et^b(%)
Broiler	40	23	21 (33.3)	21	0	0	0	0	3 (14.3)
Sonali	0	26	9 (34.6)	9	0	0	0	0	1 (11.1)
Layer	0	21	8 (38.0)	8	0	0	0	0	0
Total	110		38 (34.5)	38	0	0	0	0	4 (10.5)

^aClostridium perfringens, ^benterotoxin.