Botulism is a rare and potentially fatal illness caused by botulinum toxin, which is produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. The disease begins...

Avian Botulism is a strain of botulism that affects wild and captive bird populations, most notably waterfowl. This is a paralytic disease brought on by...

foodborne botulism (ingestion of preformed toxin), infant botulism (intestinal infection with toxin-forming C. botulinum), and wound botulism (infection...

junction, thus causing flaccid paralysis. The toxin causes the disease botulism. The toxin is also used commercially for medical and cosmetic purposes...

Foodborne botulism results from contaminated foodstuffs in which C. botulinum spores have been allowed to germinate and produce botulism toxin, and this...

The Botulism Antitoxin Heptavalent (A, B, C, D, E, F, G) - (Equine) (trade name BAT), made by Emergent BioSolutions Canada Inc. (formerly Cangene Corporation)...

people died in 1919 from botulism from improperly canned black olives produced in California. Two women died in 1963 from botulism from canned tuna fish...

Drug Administration (FDA) after initial tests suggested the presence of botulism-causing bacteria in a batch of canned mushrooms. Fabbrini decided to ceremonially...

2013). "Botulism From 'Pruno' Hits Arizona Prison (7 February 2013)". NPR. Retrieved 15 February 2013. Hensley, Scott (5 October 2012). "Botulism Outbreak...

June 2017, when they announced he had fallen into a coma as a result of botulism and a sleeping pill. He was freed later that month, still in a comatose...

several significant human pathogens, including the causative agents of botulism and tetanus. It also formerly included an important cause of diarrhea,...

In June 2024, at least 369 people in Russia were poisoned with botulism, resulting in one fatality and hundreds more hospitalized in serious condition...

Premier Foods issued a product recall on Loyd Grossman korma after cases of botulism in Scotland. A Health Protection Scotland report on the incident concluded...

physician, and medical writer. He gave the first detailed description of botulism. He was born at Ludwigsburg in Württemberg. After attending the classical...

oblongata, or from lesions to these nerves outside the brainstem, and also botulism. This may be caused by any of a number of genetic, vascular, degenerative...

pasteurize the meat. Pasteurization kills the botulism bacteria, but the possibility of hardy botulism spores surviving and reactivating once cool remains...

adenoviruses, among others. The Clostridium botulinum bacteria are the cause of botulism. Vegetative cells of C. botulinum may be ingested. Introduction of the...

livestock (e.g. water buffalo). At least two outbreaks of disease (anthrax and botulism) have been reported, one in 1987, the other in 2002. According to the U...

that the reason for using nitrite-containing curing salt is to prevent botulism, a 2018 study by the British Meat Producers Association determined that...

thousands of birds due to avian botulism. Government studies conclude that nothing can be done to prevent the botulism. Wikimedia Commons has media related...

2013). "Fonterra's milk products chief resigns after botulism scare". Reuters. "Fonterra botulism crisis was false alarm – Business – NZ Herald News"....

First Flight was a thoroughbred horse used in the production of the first botulism antitoxin. The horse was used as a research animal between 1978 and 1993...

potentially increasing the risks of food borne illnesses such as botulism. However, botulism in vegetable ferments is only possible when not properly canned...

(212 °F), and, in the anaerobic neutral pH storage environment, result in botulism. Often when making potted meat, the meat of only one animal was used, although...

Juice" and other Bolthouse Farms products because of several cases of botulism resulting from consumption of the products. On September 29, 2006, the...

antitoxin remains the only specific pharmacologic treatment available for botulism. Antitoxin also known as heterologous hyperimmune serum is often also given...

American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. He led efforts to control botulism, ebola, malaria, smallpox and emerging infectious diseases. Joel Gordon...

Jean-Baptiste Botul" to promote this fictitious philosopher and his school of "Botulism". In 2010, the hoax caught out the well-known TV philosopher Bernard-Henri...

German scientists originally named botulism poisoning Wurstvergiftung ('sausage poisoning'). The term botulism derives its name from the Latin term...

without risk – improper production can lead to illness and death through botulism. Fermented fish and fermented food are part of many traditional cuisines...