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ReviewTropical animal health and production2021

Vaccination against pathogenic clostridia in animals: a review.

Lida Abdolmohammadi Khiav, Azadeh Zahmatkesh

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Review in Tropical animal health and production, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
20citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Efficacy of a New Commercial Vaccine AgainstAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025
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  10. Conventional and molecular identification of Iranian Clostridia species associated with animal infection.Veterinary research forum : an international quarterly journal · 2025
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  11. A simple cost-effective method for purification ofVeterinary research forum : an international quarterly journal · 2025
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  13. Effects of a Diet ofFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  16. Blackleg: A Review of the Agent and Management of the Disease in Brazil.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024
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  18. Evaluation of humoral immune responses againstVeterinary and animal science · 2023
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  20. Major pathogenicIranian journal of basic medical sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lida Abdolmohammadi KhiavDepartment of Anaerobic Vaccine Research and Production, Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Shahid Beheshti Blvd., P.O. Box: 31975/148, Hesarak, Karaj, Alborz Province, Iran. L.mohammadi@rvsri.ac.ir.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1254-3777
Azadeh ZahmatkeshDepartment of Anaerobic Vaccine Research and Production, Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Shahid Beheshti Blvd., P.O. Box: 31975/148, Hesarak, Karaj, Alborz Province, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6960-8557
Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clostridium is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped, anaerobic, and spore-forming bacterium, which is found in the surrounding environments throughout the world. Clostridium species cause botulism, tetanus, enterotoxaemia, gas gangrene, necrotic enteritis, pseudomembranous colitis, blackleg, and black disease. Clostridium infection causes severe economic losses in livestock and poultry industries. Vaccination seems to be an effective way to control Clostridial diseases. This review discusses the toxins and vaccine development of the most common pathogenic Clostridium species in animals, including Clostridium perfringens, Clostridium novyi, Clostridium chauvoei, and Clostridium septicum. In this comprehensive study, we will review different kinds of clostridial toxins and the vaccines that are experimentally or practically available and will give a short description on each vaccine focusing on its applications, advantages, and disadvantages.

Indexed as

ClostridiumClostridium InfectionsAnimalsClostridium perfringensVaccinationClostridiumImmunogenicToxinVaccineVeterinary

Identifiers

PMID33891221
PMCPMC8062623
OpenAlexW3155392107

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