title: Presence of Clostridium perfringens in retail chicken livers.
abstract: Chicken livers sold at grocery stores in Tucson, AZ, USA were examined for the presence of Clostridium perfringens. Results showed that 69.6% of sampled retail chicken livers were culture positive for C. perfringens. Genotyping of the isolates showed that all the isolates were type A, but were negative for the enterotoxin gene (cpe).
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Science and Microbiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA. kcoopero145@gmail.com
authors.forename: Kerry K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: Dawn M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Bueschel
authors.forename: J Glenn
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Songer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001130:Arizona / Q000453:epidemiology; D002645:Chickens / Q000382:microbiology*; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D003016:Clostridium perfringens / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000382:microbiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012306:Risk
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial