Retrospective study on Escherichia coli infection in broilers subjected to postmortem examination and antibiotic resistance of isolates in Trinidad

Avian Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 155-160

  Lambie, Nicole ^a   Ngeleka, Musangu ^a,c   Brown, Gabriel ^a   Ryan, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b Ministry of Agriculture   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Broilers; Escherichia coli infection; Retrospective

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0034104673     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1592519     Document Type: Article

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