title: Three-week summer period prevalence of Clostridium difficile in farm animals in a temperate region of the United States (Ohio).
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.
authors.affiliation: Food Animal Health Research Program, College of Food Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio 44691, USA (Rodriguez-Palacios, LeJeune); Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA (Rodriguez-Palacios, LeJeune); Cooper Farms, Fort Recovery, Ohio, USA (Barman); Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Disease, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA (Rodriguez-Palacios).
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rodriguez-Palacios
authors.affiliation: Food Animal Health Research Program, College of Food Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio 44691, USA (Rodriguez-Palacios, LeJeune); Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA (Rodriguez-Palacios, LeJeune); Cooper Farms, Fort Recovery, Ohio, USA (Barman); Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Disease, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA (Rodriguez-Palacios).
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Barman
authors.affiliation: Food Animal Health Research Program, College of Food Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio 44691, USA (Rodriguez-Palacios, LeJeune); Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA (Rodriguez-Palacios, LeJeune); Cooper Farms, Fort Recovery, Ohio, USA (Barman); Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Disease, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA (Rodriguez-Palacios).
authors.forename: Jeffrey T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: LeJeune
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000382:microbiology; D002417:Cattle; D002645:Chickens; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006736:Horses; D009820:Ohio / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012621:Seasons; D013552:Swine
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