Epidemiological and epizootological aspects of botulism in Ukraine
Journal: Regulatory Mechanisms in Biosystems
Year: 2025

Botulism remains one of the most dangerous toxic infections in humans and animals, characterized by severe neuroparalytic manifestations and a high mortality rate. The causative agent Clostridium botulinum is a naturally occurring anaerobe capable of long-term preservation in spore form and production of an extremely potent botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT). Despite considerable attention being paid to this disease and changes in European veterinary legislation, botulism remains a pressing problem wor