Diversity and distribution of commensal fecal Escherichia coli bacteria in beef cattle administered selected subtherapeutic antimicrobials in a feedlot setting

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 6178-6186

  Sharma, Ranjana ^a,d   Munns, Krysty ^a   Alexander, Trevor ^a   Entz, Toby ^a   Mirzaagha, Parasto ^a   Yanke, L Jay ^a   Mulvey, Michael ^b   Topp, Edward ^c   McAllister, Tim ^a  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; WATER POLLUTION;

ANTI-MICROBIAL; ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCES; ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITIES; BEEF CATTLE; E. COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI BACTERIA; FECAL SAMPLES; FEEDLOT CATTLE; GENETIC ELEMENTS; IN CONTROLS; RESISTANCE GENES; STRAIN TRANSMISSIONS; STRAIN TYPES; SULFAMETHAZINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE;

STRAIN;

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AUREO S 700G; CEFOXITIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFADIMIDINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CATTLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COMMENSAL; FECES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BEEF CATTLE; COMMENSAL ESCHERICHIA COLI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES MICROFLORA; GENOTYPE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHENOTYPE; SULFAMETHAZINE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 54949130974     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00704-08     Document Type: Article

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