Antimicrobial resistance in escherichia coli isolates from Swine and wild small mammals in the proximity of swine farms and in natural environments in Ontario, Canada

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 559-566

  Kozak, Gosia K ^a   Boerlin, Patrick ^a,b   Janecko, Nicol ^a   Reid Smith, Richard J ^a,b   Jardine, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; ANIMAL FEEDS; ANTI-MICROBIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCES; CLOSE PROXIMITIES; DOMESTIC ANIMALS; E. COLI; FOOD ANIMALS; NATURAL AREAS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; ONTARIO , CANADA; RESISTANCE GENES; RESISTANT BACTERIA; SMALL MAMMALS; SWINE FARMS; WILD ANIMALS;

AGENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FARMS; MAMMALS;

ANIMALS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BACTERIUM; PIG; SMALL MAMMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARVICOLINAE; CARRIER STATE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICE; ONTARIO; SALMONELLA; SHREWS; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; MUS; SALMONELLA; SORICIDAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 59649088083     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01821-08     Document Type: Article

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