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Transient Fecal Shedding and Limited Animal-to-Animal Transmission of Clostridium difficile by Naturally Infected Finishing Feedlot Cattle

To longitudinally assess fecal shedding and animal-to-animal transmission of Clostridium difficile among finishing feedlot cattle as a risk for beef carcass contamination, we tested 186 ± 12 steers (mean ± standard deviation; 1,369 samples) in an experimental feedlot facility during the finishing pe...

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Main Authors: Rodriguez-Palacios, Alexander, Pickworth, Carrie, Loerch, Steve, LeJeune, Jeffrey T.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3126469/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21441320
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02736-10
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