Prevalence of gastrointestinal clostridium difficile carriage in australian sheep and lambs

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 5689-5692

  Knight, Daniel R ^a   Riley, Thomas V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; EASTERN AUSTRALIA; FECAL SAMPLES; GEOGRAPHIC AREAS; HUMAN INFECTION; LOW RATES; OVERALL RATE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALS;

CLOSTRIDIUM;

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP;

AUSTRALIA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; FECES; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RIBOTYPING; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CARRIER STATE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RIBOTYPING; SHEEP;

EID: 84884266022     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01888-13     Document Type: Article

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