Antimicrobial susceptibility of environmental Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from a pigeon slaughterhouse in Italy

Poultry Science

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1802-1807

  Losito, P ^a   Vergara, A ^a   Muscariello, T ^a   Ianieri, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Pigeon; Slaughterhouse; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

COLUMBA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLUMBIDAE; ITALY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33645935089     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/84.11.1802     Document Type: Article

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