Prevalence of Clostridium difficile in retail pork

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 873-876

  Metcalf, Devon ^a   Reid Smith, Richard J ^a,b   Avery, Brent P ^b   Scott Weese, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RIBOTYPING; SAFETY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CANADA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COMMERCE; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MEAT; PREVALENCE; RIBOTYPING; SWINE;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 77956579593     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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