Prevalence of Enterococcus spp. isolated from free-range chickens in different regions of Distrito Federal, Brazil;Prevalência de enterococos isolados de frangos caipiras em diferentes regiões do Distrito Federal

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1550-1553

  Xavier, D B ^a   Bernal, F E M ^a   Almeida, R T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Enterococcus; Nonintensive production systems; Poultry; Vancomycin resistance; VRE

Indexed keywords

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 65349131972     PISSN: 01020935     EISSN: 16784162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-09352008000600036     Document Type: Article

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