A prospective, case control study evaluating the association between Clostridium difficile toxins in the colon of neonatal swine and gross and microscopic lesions

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-59

  Yaeger, Michael J ^a   Kinyon, Joann M ^a   Songer, J Glenn ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Colitis; Mesocolonic edema; Swine; Typhlitis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; SUIDAE;

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLON; COLON DISEASE; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLON; COLONIC DISEASES; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 35748967025     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870701900108     Document Type: Article

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