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Three-week summer period prevalence of Clostridium difficile in farm animals in a temperate region of the United States (Ohio) |
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| Authors: | Alexander Rodriguez-Palacios Tim Barman Jeffrey T LeJeune |
| Abstract: | The cross-sectional (period) prevalence of Clostridium difficile in 875 farm animals from 29 commercial operations during the summer of 2008 in Ohio, USA was quantified. Compared to an external referent population of intensively managed race horses (12.7%), intensively managed commercially mature food animals (poultry, cattle, swine; < 0.6%) were infrequent shedders of C. difficile (P < 0.00001) during the warmest weeks of 2008. |
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