Antimicrobial resistance pattern of Salmonella serotypes isolated from apparently healthy slaughtered camels (Camelus dromedarius) in eastern Ethiopia

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 39-45

  Molla, Bayleyegn ^a   Salah, Woubit ^a   Alemayehu, Daniel ^a   Mohammed, Ahmed ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Camelus dromedarius; Ethiopia; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CAMEL; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG EFFECT; ETHIOPIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SALMONELLA; SEROTYPING;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAMELS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ETHIOPIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEROTYPING;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 1642423896     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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