Sources of variation in the ampicillin-resistant Escherichia coli concentration in the feces of organic broiler chickens

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 203-210

  Pleydell, E J ^a,b   Brown, P E ^c   Woodward, M J ^a   Davies, R H ^a   French, N P ^b  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRODUCTS; FOOD PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BROILER FARMS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AMPICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BODY SIZE; COMMENSAL; FECAL COLIFORM; HEALTH RISK; POULTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHICKEN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FECES; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL MODEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

AMPICILLIN; AMPICILLIN RESISTANCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 33846144764     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01482-06     Document Type: Article

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