Antimicrobial resistance of Escherichia coli isolates from broiler chickens and humans

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-9

  Miles, Tricia D ^a   McLaughlin, Wayne ^b   Brown, Paul D ^b  

^a Ministry of Agriculture and Lands Jamaica   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 33646235903     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-2-7     Document Type: Article

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