Antimicrobial susceptibility and factors affecting the shedding of E. coli O157:H7 and Salmonella in dairy cattle

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 392-398

  Fitzgerald, A C ^a,c   Edrington, T S ^b   Looper, M L ^a,d   Callaway, T R ^b   Genovese, K J ^b   Bischoff, K M ^b   McReynolds, J L ^b   Thomas, J D ^a   Anderson, B C ^b   Nisbet, D J ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN PLAINS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d DALE BUMPERS SMALL FARMS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Dairy cattle; Foodborne pathogens

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; DAIRIES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FARMS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENS; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMAL STRESS;

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCES; ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; DAIRY CATTLES; E.COLI O157:H7; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; FAECAL SAMPLES; FOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; HEAT STRESS; HOLSTEIN CATTLE; MICRODILUTION;

SALMONELLA;

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMPICILLIN; APRAMYCIN; CEFTIOFUR; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; NEOMYCIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SPECTINOMYCIN; SULFATHIAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

CATTLE; FOOD SAFETY; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; HEAT STRESS; LACTATION; MILK PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; PARITY; SALMONELLA; SEROTYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA;

EID: 10744221086     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.2003.01417.x     Document Type: Article

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