Clostridium perfringens types C and D antitoxin
- Clostridium perfringens types C and D antitoxin
- an antitoxin prepared from serum of animals hyperimmunized with toxins of C. perfringens types C and D, administered immediately after birth for prevention of enterotoxemia in calves, lambs, and suckling pigs.
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