Evaluation of the association between feeding raw meat and Salmonella enterica infections at a Greyhound breeding facility

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 228, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1524-1532

  Morley, Paul S ^a   Strohmeyer, Rachel A ^a,d   Tankson, Jeanetta D ^b   Hyatt, Doreene R ^a   Dargatz, David A ^a,c   Fedorka Cray, Paula J ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ANIMAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CEFOXITIN; CEFTIOFUR; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BREEDING; DOG; EVALUATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MALE; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RAW FOOD; RIBOTYPING; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPING;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BREEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYLOGENY; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 33646561519     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.228.10.1524     Document Type: Article

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