Use of norfloxacin in poultry production in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia and its possible impact on public health

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 291-299

  Al Mustafa, Z H ^a   Al Ghamdi, M S ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Drug residues; Enterobacteriaceae; Fluoroquinolones; Norfloxacin; Poultry; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ENROFLOXACIN; NORFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; COOKING; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PSEUDOMONAS; SAUDI ARABIA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0033665371     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0960312002001483     Document Type: Article

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