Prevalence of Clostridium difficile in raw beef, cow, sheep, goat, camel and buffalo meat in Iran

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Rahimi, Ebrahim ^a   Jalali, Mohammad ^b   Weese, J Scott ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Beef; Buffalo; Camel; Clostridium difficile; Raw meat

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CAMEL; CATTLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD CONTROL; GOAT; IRAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BUFFALOES; CAMELS; CATTLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GOATS; IRAN; MEAT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREVALENCE; SHEEP;

EID: 84893177273     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-119     Document Type: Article

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