Relations between the occurrence of resistance to antimicrobial growth promoters among Enterococcus faecium isolated from broilers and broiler meat

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 273-284

  Emborg, H D ^a,b   Andersen, J S ^a   Seyfarth, A M ^a   Andersen, S R ^c   Boel, J ^c   Wegener, H C ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c DANISH VETERINARY AND FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial growth promoters; Broiler meat; Broilers; Error in measurements; Logistic regression; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AVILAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GROWTH PROMOTOR; VANCOMYCIN; VIRGINIAMYCIN; GROWTH PROMOTING ACTIVITY; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ERROR; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZATION; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHICKENS; DENMARK; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; MEAT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; POULTRY DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0141566441     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(02)00426-9     Document Type: Article

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