Antimicrobial resistance, class 1 and 2 integrons and gene cassettes in avian Escherichia coli

Italian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 391-395

  Nebbia, Patrizia ^a   Tramuta, Clara ^a   Giammarino, Mauro ^b   Ambrogi, Cecilia ^c   Salvarani, Sara ^a   Marotta, Alessio ^a   Robino, Patrizia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b ASL 17   (Italy)

^c Direttore Dott Fabio Cappelli   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Birds; E. coli; Integrons

Indexed keywords

AVES; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 55849150920     PISSN: 15944077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ijas.2008.391     Document Type: Conference Paper

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