Prevalence and diversity of toxigenic clostridium perfringens and clostridium difficile among swine herds in the midwest

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2961-2967

  Baker, Ashley A ^a   Davis, Ellen ^a   Rehberger, Thomas ^a   Rosener, Daniel ^a  

^a Danisco USA Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DENDROGRAMS; DIVERSITY INDEX; ECONOMIC CONCERNS; INTEGRATED PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; INTEGRATED SITES; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNAS; SWINE PRODUCTION; TOXIGENIC;

AMPLIFICATION; FARMS; PEDIATRICS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

CLOSTRIDIUM;

BACTERIUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PIG; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOXIC ORGANISM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; SUIDAE;

EID: 77951573959     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02459-09     Document Type: Article

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