Farm-level risk factors for fluoroquinolone resistance in E. coli and thermophilic Campylobacter spp. on finisher pig farms

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1121-1134

  Taylor, N M ^a   Clifton Hadley, F A ^b   Wales, A D ^b   Ridley, A ^b   Davies, R H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Campylobacter; E. coli; Fluoroquinolone; Pigs; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; PLEUROMUTILIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFADIMIDINE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TRANQUILIZER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; WINTER;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CARRIER STATE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FLUOROQUINOLONES; GREAT BRITAIN; RISK FACTORS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 69949137780     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268808001854     Document Type: Article

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