Clostridium difficile in young farm animals and slaughter animals in Belgium

Anaerobe

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 621-625

  Rodriguez, C ^a   Taminiau, B ^a   Van Broeck, J ^b   Avesani, V ^b   Delmee M ^b   Daube, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cattle; Clostridium difficile; Pigs; Slaughterhouse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BELGIUM; CALF (BOVINE); CATTLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; EUROPE; FARM ANIMAL; FECES; NONHUMAN; PIGLET; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOTYPING; SAMPLE; SLAUGHTER ANIMAL; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; BELGIUM; CARRIER STATE; CATTLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; RIBOTYPING; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; SUIDAE;

EID: 84870340819     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: 10958274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2012.09.008     Document Type: Article

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