Geographical variation in cloacal microflora and bacterial antibiotic resistance in a threatened avian scavenger in relation to diet and livestock farming practices

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1738-1749

  Blanco, Guillermo ^a   Lemus, Jesús A ^a   Grande, Javier ^a   Gangoso, Laura ^b   Grande, Juan M ^b   Donázar, José A ^b   Arroyo, Bernardo ^a   Frías, Oscar ^c   Hiraldo, Fernando ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c Oficina de Especies Migratorias   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; BACTERIUM; CLOACA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; FALCONIFORMES; GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SPAIN;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; BACTERIA; CLOACA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIET; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FALCONIFORMES; GEOGRAPHY; SPAIN;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEOPHRON PERCNOPTERUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SUIDAE;

EID: 34250174172     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01291.x     Document Type: Article

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