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. 2010 Jun;16(3):314-5.
doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2009.11.004. Epub 2009 Dec 2.

Clostridium perfringens in retail chicken

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Clostridium perfringens in retail chicken

Victoria J Nowell et al. Anaerobe. 2010 Jun.

Abstract

Clostridium perfringens isolates were recovered by enrichment from retail grocery chicken samples (n = 88) in Ontario, Canada, with one sample per site. The gene associated with necrotic enteritis in chickens, netB, was found in 21% of the isolates. The tpeL gene was found in 2% and the cpb2 gene in 68% (95% "atypical" genes) of isolates. This study suggests that netB-positive C. perfringens can reach people through retail chicken.

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