Detection of Clostridium difficile and Salmonella in feral swine population in North Carolina

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 774-776

  Thakur, Siddhartha ^a   Sandfoss, Mark ^a   Kennedy Stoskopf, Suzanne ^a   Deperno, Christopher S ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; SALMONELLA; SUIDAE;

EID: 79960243917     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-47.3.774     Document Type: Letter

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