Out of 483 green colonies on CCP agar, 96.3% (465 strains, indole negative) were identified as C. perfringens, and
15 strains (3.1%) were indole positive and were identified as Clostridium sordellii, Clostridium bifermentans
or Clostridium tetani. Only 3 strains (0.6%) gave false positive results and were identified as Clostridium fallax,
Clostridium botulinum, and Clostridium tertium. Variance analysis of the data obtained shows statistically no significant
differences in the counts obtained between media employed in this work. The mCP method is very onerous
for routine screening and bacterial colonies could not be used for further biochemical testing