Use of a nonmedicated dietary supplement correlates with increased prevalence of streptomycin-sulfa-tetracycline-resistant Escherichia coli on a dairy farm

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 4583-4588

  Khachatryan, Artashes R ^a   Besser, Thomas E ^a   Hancock, Dale D ^a   Call, Douglas R ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 402 Bustad Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CELLS; GROWTH KINETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; NUTRITION; VITAMINS;

DIETARY; OXYTETRACYCLINE; STREPTOMYCIN-SULFA-TETRACYCLINE-RESISTANT ESCHERICHIA COLI; SULFADIAZINE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; OXYTETRACYCLINE; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFADIAZINE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; DAIRY FARMING; DIETARY SHIFT; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; DAIRY CATTLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; MILK; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOMYCIN SULFA TETRACYCLINE RESISTANT ESCHERICHIA COLI; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PREVALENCE; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFADIAZINE; TETRACYCLINE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33746103311     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02584-05     Document Type: Article

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