Associations among antimicrobial drug treatments and antimicrobial resistance of fecal Escherichia coli of swine on 34 farrow-to-finish farms in Ontario, Canada

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 283-305

  Dunlop, R H ^a,c   McEwen, S A ^a   Meek, A H ^a   Clarke, R C ^b   Black, W D ^a   Friendship, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Health of Animals Laboratory   (Canada)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Escherichia coli; Herd health; Microbiological diseases; Pig

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PATHOGENICITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ONTARIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0032571027     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(97)00095-0     Document Type: Article

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