Antimicrobial resistance in swine and chickens fed virginiamycin for growth promotion

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 739-743

  Donabedian, Susan ^a   Thal, Lee Ann ^a   Bozigar, Pamela ^a   Zervos, Thomas ^a   Hershberger, Ellie ^a   Zervos, Marcus ^a,b  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Chicken; Swine; Virginiamycin

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; DALFOPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; QUINUPRISTIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; VIRGINIAMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GROWTH REGULATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SWINE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GALLUS GALLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0242384020     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2003.07.002     Document Type: Article

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