Antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli and Enterococcus spp. isolates from commercial broiler chickens receiving growth-promoting doses of bacitracin or virginiamycin

Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2008, Pages 129-136

  Thibodeau, Alexandre ^a   Quessy, Sylvain ^a   Guévremont, Evelyne ^b   Houde, Alain ^b   Topp, Edward ^c   Diarra, Moussa Sory ^c   Letellier, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b FOOD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; APRAMYCIN; BACITRACIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFOXITIN; CEFTIOFUR; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NEOMYCIN; PROTEIN BCRR; PROTEIN ERMB; PROTEIN VATD; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN; VIRGINIAMYCIN;

ANIMAL FOOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BODY GROWTH; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; DNA EXTRACTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY FARMING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACITRACIN; CHICKENS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VIRGINIAMYCIN;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 44649172641     PISSN: 08309000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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