Clostridium difficile in piglets in the Czech Republic

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 159-161

  Goldová, Jana ^a   Malinová, Anna ^b   Indra, Alexander ^c   Vítek, Libor ^b   Branny, Pavel ^a   Jirásková, Alena ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CZECH REPUBLIC; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; REVIEW; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FECES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 84858708416     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12223-012-0102-0     Document Type: Review

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