Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile on a veal farm: prevalence, molecular characterization and tetracycline resistance.

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Published in Vet Microbiol on May 13, 2011

Authors

M C Costa1, H R Stämpfli, L G Arroyo, D L Pearl, J S Weese

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph N1G 2W1, Canada. costamc@gmail.com

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