An investigation of the presence of Escherichia coli O149:K91 :F4 on pig farms in southern Ontario and the use of antimicrobials and risk factors associated with the presence of this serogroup

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-45

  Amezcua, Rocio ^a   Friendship, Robert M ^a   Dewey, Catherine E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PATHOGENICITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPING; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROTYPING; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUIDAE;

EID: 39149119317     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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