Clostridium (Clostridioides) difficile is a gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium that is an
important cause of disease in people, a variably important cause of disease in some animal …

Models of Clostridium difficile infection (C. difficile) have been used extensively for
Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) research. The hamster model of C. difficile infection has …

We investigated Clostridium difficile in calves and the similarity between bovine and human
C. difficile PCR ribotypes by conducting a case-control study of calves from 102 dairy farms …

Enteritis, colitis, and enterocolitis are considered some of the most common causes of
disease and death in horses. Determining the etiology of these conditions is challenging …

Clostridium difficile is well known as the most common cause of nosocomial infections in
human patients. In recent years a change in epidemiology towards an increase in incidence …

Inflammatory diseases of the equine gastrointestinal tract include a wide variety of disorders
that, despite many recent advances in monitoring and therapy, remain an important cause of …

Many articles have summarized the changing epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infections
(CDI) in humans, but the emerging presence of C. difficile in foods and animals and possible …

Clostridium difficile is considered one of the most important causes of diarrhea and
enterocolitis in horses. Foals and adult horses are equally susceptible to the infection. The …

Clostridium difficile has been shown to be a nosocomial pathogen associated with diarrhoea
and pseudomembranous colitis in hospitalised patients and the infection is believed to be …

Diarrhea is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the neonatal foal [1]. Altered fecal
consistency in the foal may be a manifestation of simple diarrhea or enteritis, in which the …