Antibiotic residues in edible tissues and antibiotic resistance of faecal Escherichia coli in pigs from Portugal

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 749-755

  Pena, A ^a   Serrano, C ^c   Reu C ^c   Baeta, L ^a   Calderon V ^b   Silveira, I ^a   Sousa, J C ^c   Peixe, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b National Food Centre   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial residues; Antimicrobial resistance; Liquid chromatography; Pig tissues; Screening

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DRUG RESIDUE; OXYTETRACYCLINE; SULFADIMIDINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANIMAL PRODUCT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SWINE;

AMOXICILLIN; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESIDUES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KIDNEY; MEAT; MUSCLES; PORTUGAL; SULFAMETHAZINE; SULFONAMIDES; SWINE; TETRACYCLINES;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 4544347477     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030410001712493     Document Type: Article

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