The occurrence and antimicrobial susceptibility of Salmonellae isolated from commercially available canine raw food diets in three Canadian cities

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 55, Issue 8-10, 2008, Pages 462-469

  Finley, R ^a,b   Reid Smith, R ^a,b   Ribble, C ^b   Popa, M ^b   Vandermeer, M ^b   Aramini, J ^a,b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Pet food; Salmonella; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CEFOXITIN; CEFTIOFUR; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANIMAL FOOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANADA; CHICKEN; DOG; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAW FOOD; SALMONELLA; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CANADA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZOONOSES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA;

EID: 51349096474     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2008.01147.x     Document Type: Article

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