Technical note: Occurrence in fecal microbiota of genes conferring resistance to both macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B and tetracyclines concomitant with feeding of beef cattle with tylosin

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2385-2391

  Chen, J ^a   Fluharty, F L ^a   St Pierre, N ^a   Morrison, M ^a,b   Yu, Z ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; erm; Real time polymerase chain reaction; tet; Tylosin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; MIKAMYCIN B; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TYLOSIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; FECES; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FECES; LINEAR MODELS; MACROLIDES; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STREPTOGRAMIN B; TETRACYCLINES; TYLOSIN;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS;

EID: 52649094859     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2007-0705     Document Type: Article

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