Prevalence and antibiotic-resistance characteristics of Enterococcus spp. isolated from free-living and captive raptors in central illinois

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 302-313

  Marrow, Judilee ^a   Whittington, Julia K ^a   Mitchell, Mark ^a   Hoyer, Lois L ^a   Maddox, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Intestinal microflora; Susceptibility; Vancomycin

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; RAPTORES; RODENTIA;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; RAPTOR; UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIRD DISEASES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; ILLINOIS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RAPTORS;

EID: 67649972818     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-45.2.302     Document Type: Article

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