“…Unfortunately, this lack of data hinders any comparisons, as there are only sporadic case reports about this microorganism (MCORIST & REECE, 1992;ASAOKA et al, 2004;HAGEN & BILDFELL, 2007;URIBE et al, 2008). The detection of C. perfringens type A corroborates previous studies involving birds and other species, including humans, as this genotype is the most commonly isolated from stool samples and from the environment (CRESPO et al, 2007;GOMES et al, 2008;VAN ASTEN et al, 2010;SIQUEIRA et al, 2012). The absence of strains positive for the enterotoxin-encoding gene (cpe) is Ciência Rural, v.44, n.3, mar, 2014. not surprising because these strains are rarely found in avian samples (CRESPO et al, 2007;GOMES et al, 2008) although they are common in isolates from dog and human feces (MARKS et al, 2011;SANZ et al, 2011;SILVA et al, 2013b).…”