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Presence of Clostridium difficile in pigs and cattle intestinal contents and carcass contamination at the slaughterhouse in Belgium

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Rodriguez, Chrisitna [Ulg] Avesani, Véronique [UCL] Van Broeck, Johan [UCL] Taminiau, Bernard [Ulg] Delmée, Michel [UCL]

The objective of this study was to evaluate the presence of Clostridium difficile in intestinal and carcass samples collected from pigs and cattle at a single slaughterhouse. C. difficile was isolated in 1% and 9.9% of the pig and cattle intestinal contents and in 7.9% and 7% of cattle and pig carcass samples respectively. A total of 19 different PCR-ribotypes were identified, among them types 078 and 014. Seven of 19 ribotypes correlated with the PCR-ribotypes involved in human C. difficile infections in Belgium. This study confirms that animals are carriers of C. difficile at slaughter and ribotypes are identical than those in humans, and that carcass contamination occurs inside the slaughterhouse.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article)
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 2013
Language Anglais
Journal information "International Journal of Food Microbiology" - Vol. 166, no.2, p. 256-262 (02/09/2013)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Elsevier BV ((Netherlands) Amsterdam)
issn 0168-1605
e-issn 1879-3460
Publication status Accepté/Sous presse
Affiliations UCL - SSS/IREC/MBLG - Pôle de Microbiologie médicale
UCL - (SLuc) Service de microbiologie
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Bibliographic reference Rodriguez, Chrisitna ; Avesani, Véronique ; Van Broeck, Johan ; Taminiau, Bernard ; Delmée, Michel. Presence of Clostridium difficile in pigs and cattle intestinal contents and carcass contamination at the slaughterhouse in Belgium. In: International Journal of Food Microbiology, Vol. 166, no.2, p. 256-262 (02/09/2013)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/133601