Prevalence of tetracycline-resistant Campylobacter in organic broilers during a production cycle

Avian Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 487-490

  Luangtongkum, Taradon ^a,b   Morishita, Teresa Y ^a,c   Martin, Lori ^a   Choi, Irene ^a   Sahin, Orhan ^d   Zhang, Qijing ^a,d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Organic broiler; Tetracycline resistance

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHICKENS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

CAMPYLOBACTER;

EID: 54249111058     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/8181-112807-ResNote.1     Document Type: Article

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