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Abstract
Clostridium perfringens is a Gram-positive microorganism with an abundant environmental distribution that is linked to many diseases associated with a huge economic burden. This work was designed for isolation, identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of C. perfringens recovered from different animal sources. Furthermore, evaluation of the alternative agents as MYR and ZnO nanoparticles in comparable to imipenem for better understanding their effect on the genes responsible for alpha toxin formation using qRT-PCR in order to reduce the drawbacks of antibiotic resistance.
The bacteriological analysis revealed that C. perfringens isolates were detected in 100 out of 335 samples with a percentage of 29.85%. The prevalence in chicken originated samples was 38.3% while it was 10% in beef meat originated samples.