Prevalence and pattern of antimicrobial susceptibility in Escherichia coli isolated from pigs reared under antimicrobial-free and conventional production methods

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 231, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 275-283

  Bunner, Christine A ^a   Norby, Bo ^c   Bartlett, Paul C ^a   Erskine, Ronald J ^a   Downes, Frances P ^b   Kaneene, John B ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUIDAE;

EID: 34447498692     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.231.2.275     Document Type: Article

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