Prevalence and patterns of antimicrobial resistance of fecal Escherichia coli among pigs on 47 farrow-to-finish farms with different in-feed medication policies in Ontario and British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2008, Pages 195-201

  Akwar, Holy T ^a,e   Poppe, Cornelis ^b   Wilson, Jeff ^a,b   Reid Smith, Richard J ^a,b   Dyck, Monica ^c   Waddington, Josh ^d   Shang, Dayue ^c   McEwen, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c Health Canada and World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Standardization and Evaluation of Biologicals   (Canada)

^d Animal Health Centre   (Canada)

^e BC MAFF ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOCYCLITOL; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; APRAMYCIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBADOX; CEFALOTIN; CEFTIOFUR; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLORFENICOL; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NEOMYCIN; NITROFURAN DERIVATIVE; NITROFURANTOIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TOBRAMYCIN; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANIMAL FOOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES MICROFLORA; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; SWINE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUIDAE;

EID: 44649090219     PISSN: 08309000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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