Incidence of Antibiotic Resistance in Fecal Escherichia coli Isolated from Commercial Swine Farms

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 429-434

  Mathew, A G ^a   Upchurch, W G ^a   Chattin, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Escherichia coli; Pigs; Sows

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; APRAMYCIN; CARBADOX; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GENTAMICIN; NEBRAMYCIN; NEOMYCIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARBADOX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEBRAMYCIN; NEOMYCIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; SWINE;

EID: 0031989154     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.762429x     Document Type: Article

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