Presence of Clostridium difficile in pigs and cattle intestinal contents and carcass contamination at the slaughterhouse in Belgium

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 256-262

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Carcass contamination; Clostridium difficile; Slaughter pigs and cattle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BELGIUM; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CARCASS; CATTLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CYTOTOXICITY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENETIC CODE; GENOTYPE; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; NONHUMAN; RAPID TEST; REGULATOR GENE; RIBOTYPING; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STOMACH CONTENT; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; SUIDAE;

EID: 84882942130     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2013.07.017     Document Type: Article

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