Antimicrobial resistance in bacteria from Swiss veal calves at slaughter

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 54, Issue 9-10, 2007, Pages 344-352

  Di Labio, E ^a   Regula, G ^a   Steiner, A ^b   Miserez, R ^c   Thomann, A ^c   Ledergerber, U ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Calves; Campylobacter sp.; Enterococcus sp.; Escherichia coli; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CAMPYLOBACTER; CATTLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; ZOONOSIS;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CAMPYLOBACTER; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER SP.; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS SP.; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 36448945536     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2007.01071.x     Document Type: Article

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