Table 1.

Isolation of C. difficile from China economic animals

Animal	Region	No. of specimens	Age group	No. of C. difficile isolates
Sheep	Yunnan	200	Adult	4
Cow	Yunnan	200	Adult	0
	Shandong	118	Calf (< 7 days)	51
	Shandong	57	Calf (7 days~ 1 mouth)	0
Pig	Yunnan	200	Adult	0
	Shandong	120	Piglet (23 days~ 65 days)	0
Chicken	Shandong	58	–	0
Total		953		55