Three-week summer period prevalence of Clostridium difficile in farm animals in a temperate region of the United States (Ohio)

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 786-789

  Rodriguez Palacios, Alexander ^a,b,d   Barman, Tim ^c   LeJeune, Jeffrey T ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Cooper Farms ^*  (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BOVINE; CHICKEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECES; HORSE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OHIO; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PIG; PREVALENCE; SEASON;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CATTLE; CHICKENS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; HORSES; OHIO; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SWINE;

EID: 84906858388     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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