Identification and Characterization of Arcobacter Isolates from Broilers by Biochemical Tests, Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns and Plasmid Analysis

Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Series B

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 87-94

  Harrab, B ^a,b   Schwarz, S ^a   Wenzel, S ^a,b  

^a Inst fur Kleintierforschung der FAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CECUM; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; SKIN; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CECUM; CHICKENS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; SKIN;

EID: 0032016268     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.1998.tb00770.x     Document Type: Article

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