Contribution Of Clostridium Microorganisms In Sheep Affections And Study The Effect Of Some Natural Additives

The pathogenic species of Clostridia cause various forms of toxaemic infections in animals such as botulism, enterotoxaemia, black quarter and gas gangrene. Clostridia species are common inhabitants of the intestine but they can assume under stress and diTherefore, the aim of the present work was to assess the incidence rate of clostridial diseases in sheep in Egypt in different Governorates and in different seasons. Also, to study the antimicrobial effect of some natural additives (Garlic, Nigella sativaA total of 295 different samples (feacal, liver, kidney, intestinal contents, exudates and wound swabs) from different affections from apparently healthy either living (28) or slaughtered sheep (90) and diseased either living (48) or dead sheep (129) with