ORBi: Rodriguez Diaz Cristina - Clostridium difficile in young farm animals and slaughter animals in Belgium

Reference : Clostridium difficile in young farm animals and slaughter animals in Belgium


	Document type :	Scientific journals : Article
	Discipline(s) :	Life sciences : Food science
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/131955

Title :	Clostridium difficile in young farm animals and slaughter animals in Belgium
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Rodriguez Diaz, Cristina [Université de Liège - ULg > Département de sciences des denrées alimentaires > Microbiologie des denrées alimentaires >]
	Taminiau, Bernard [Université de Liège - ULg > Département de sciences des denrées alimentaires > Microbiologie des denrées alimentaires > >]
	Vandebroek, Johan [Université Catholique de Louvain - UCL > Institut de Recherche Clinique > Pôle de microbiologie > >]
	Avesani, Véronique [Université Catholique de Louvain - UCL > Pôle de microbiologie > Pôle de microbiologie > >]
	Delmée, Michel [Université Catholique de Louvain - UCL > Institut de Recherche Clinique > Pôle microbiologie > 2012 >]
	Daube, Georges [Université de Liège - ULg > Département de sciences des denrées alimentaires > Microbiologie des denrées alimentaires >]
Publication date :	18-Dec-2012
Journal title :	Anaerobe
Publisher :	Academic Press
Volume :	18
Issue/season :	6
Pages :	621-625
Audience :	International
ISSN :	1075-9964
City :	London
Country :	United Kingdom
Keywords :	[en] Clostridium difficile ; Slaughterhouse ; Pigs Cattle
Abstract :	[en] Faecal carriage of Clostridium difficile in healthy animals has been reported recently, especially in piglets and calves. However there is limited data about carriage in animals just prior to slaughter in Europe. The main objective of this study was to determine the presence of C. difficile in pigs and cattle at the slaughterhouse. C. difficile was isolated in 6.9% of the cattle at the slaughterhouse. None of the pig slaughter samples were positive for C. difficile after an enrichment time of 72 h. For complementary data, a short study was conducted in piglets and calves at farms. C. difficile was more prevalent in piglets (78.3%) than in calves (22.2%) on the farms. Regarding the piglet samples, 27.8% of the positive samples were detected without enrichment of stools. The PCR ribotype 078 was predominant in farm animals. Samples isolated from slaughter cattle presented the widest range in PCR-ribotype variety, and the most prevalent PCR ribotype was 118a UCL. The results of this study confirm that C. difficile is present in slaughter animals in Belgium with a large percentage of toxigenic strains also commonly found in humans.
Funders :	Federal Public Service of Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment (contract RF09/6226).
Name of the research project :	University of Liège - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Food Science Department - Food Microbiology
Target :	Professionals
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/131955

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