Antibiotic Resistance among Fecal Indicator Bacteria from Healthy Individually Owned and Kennel Dogs

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-69

  De Graef, E M ^a   Decostere, A ^a   Devriese, L A ^a   Haesebrouck, F ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUMEQUINE; GENTAMICIN; LINCOMYCIN; MACROLIDE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; TYLOSIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DOG; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC RESISTANCE; INDICATOR ORGANISM; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOGS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHENOTYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 1942434651     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/107662904323047826     Document Type: Article

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