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VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 152, Issue 1-2, Pages 212-215Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.04.012
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Clostridium difficile; Colitis; Horse; Diarrhea; Prevalence
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- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food Research (OMAFRA)
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Fecal samples were collected to establish the apparent prevalence of Clostridium difficile shedding in Standardbred and Thoroughbred racehorses housed at 4 racetracks and 2 breeding facilities, and in horses admitted to a referral large animal clinic. Forty-one (7.59%) of 540 racetrack horses, seven (5.83%) of 120 breeding farm horses, and four (4.88%) out of 82 horses admitted to the referral clinic were culture-positive for C. difficile. An overall fecal culture prevalence of 7.01% for C. difficile was identified in 742 fecal samples. PCR-ribotyping and toxin gene identification was performed and seventeen 17 PCR-ribotypes were identified among the 52 C. difficile isolates. (c) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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