Detection of Clostridium difficile in small and medium-sized wild mammals in Southern Ontario, Canada

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 418-421

  Jardine, Claire M ^a   Reid Smith, Richard J ^a,b   Rousseau, Joyce ^a   Weese, J Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blarina brevicauda; Clostrid ium difficile; Procyon lotor; Raccoon; Short tailed shrew; Small mammals; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; RACCOON; SHREW; WILD ANIMAL; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; ANIMALS, ZOO; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; MALE; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; RACCOONS; SHREWS;

ANIMALIA; BLARINA BREVICAUDA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; MAMMALIA; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; SUIDAE;

EID: 84876069086     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2012-04-120     Document Type: Article

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