Persistence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) on Norwegian broiler farms

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 255-258

  Borgen, Katrine ^a,b   Sørum, Marit ^b   Kruse, Hilde ^b   Wasteson, Yngvild ^a  

^a Microbiol Food Hyg   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Avoparcin; Broiler farm; Persistence; Vancomycin resistant enterococcus

Indexed keywords

AVOPARCIN; FOOD ADDITIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; FOOD INDUSTRY; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; CHICKENS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FECES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NORWAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 0034668303     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00399-2     Document Type: Article

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