Antimicrobial Resistance Gene Delivery in Animal Feeds

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 679-683

  Lu, Karen ^a   Asano, Rumi ^b   Davies, Julian ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Dept of Microbiology and Immunology ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AVOPARCIN; BACTERIAL DNA; GLYCOPEPTIDE; GROWTH PROMOTOR; VANCOMYCIN;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANIMAL FOOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENE TARGETING; NOCARDIA ORIENTALIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VANA GENE; VANH GENE; VANX GENE;

EID: 1842484093     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1004.030506     Document Type: Article

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