title: Detection of Clostridium difficile and Salmonella in feral swine population in North Carolina.
abstract: We sampled 161 feral pigs in eastern North Carolina, USA, to determine the prevalence and antimicrobial resistance profile of Clostridium difficile and Salmonella. Seven (4.4%) and eight (5.0%) pigs tested positive for C. difficile and Salmonella, respectively, highlighting the importance of determining the epidemiology of these pathogens in feral pigs.
authors: Siddhartha
authors: S
authors: Thakur
authors: Mark
authors: M
authors: Sandfoss
authors: Suzanne
authors: S
authors: Kennedy-Stoskopf
authors: Christopher S
authors: CS
authors: DePerno
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D000835:Animals, Wild; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009657:North Carolina / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012475:Salmonella / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D034421:Sus scrofa / Q000382:microbiology*; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents