Detection of enterotoxin A and cytotoxin B, and isolation of Clostridium difficile in piglets in Minas Gerais, Brazil;Detecção da enterotoxina A e citotoxina B e isolamento de Clostridium difficile em leitões em Minas Gerais, Brasil

Ciencia Rural

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1430-1435

  Silva, Rodrigo Otávio Silveira ^a   Salvarani, Felipe Masiero ^a   Cruz Júnior, Eduardo Coulaud da Costa ^a   Pires, Prhiscylla Sadanã ^a   Santos, Renata Lara Resende ^a   de Assis, Ronnie Antunes ^b   Guedes, Roberto Maurício de Carvalho ^a   Lobato, Francisco Carlos Faria ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b PECUÁRIA E ABASTECIMENTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Colitis; Enteritis; Neonatal diarrhea

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; SUIDAE;

EID: 80052205317     PISSN: 01038478     EISSN: 16784596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0103-84782011005000100     Document Type: Article

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