Prevalence of zoonotic or potentially zoonotic bacteria, antimicrobial resistance, and somatic cell counts in organic dairy production: Current knowledge and research gaps

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 525-539

  Wilhelm, Barbara ^a,e   Rajić, Andrijana ^a,b   Waddell, Lisa ^a,b   Parker, Sarah ^c   Harris, Janet ^a   Roberts, Karen C ^a   Kydd, Robyn ^d   Greig, Judy ^a   Baynton, Ashley ^a,b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^e NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; APRAMYCIN; AZITHROMYCIN; BACITRACIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOXITIN; CEFQUINOME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLORFENICOL; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NOVOBIOCIN; SHIGA TOXIN; TETRACYCLINE; TICARCILLIN; TIMENTIN; TYLOSIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CAMPYLOBACTER; DAIRY PRODUCT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SOMATIC CELL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DAIRYING; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH FOOD; POULTRY; RESEARCH; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWINE; ZOONOSES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 67650845327     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2008.0181     Document Type: Review

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