Field trial evaluating changes in prevalence and patterns of antimicrobial resistance among Escherichia coli and Enterococcus spp. isolated from growing broilers medicated with enrofloxacin, apramycin and amoxicillin

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 139, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 284-292

  Martins da Costa, Paulo ^a,b   Belo, Anabela ^c   Gonçalves, José ^a,b   Bernardo, Fernando ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antimicrobials; Enterococci; Escherichia coli; Poultry; Resistance

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; APRAMYCIN; CEFALOTIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; GENTAMICINA ORAL; KANAMYCIN; NITROFURANTOIN; PARACILINA SP; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL FOOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD ANALYSIS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; POULTRY FARMING; PREVALENCE; TIME; TREATMENT DURATION;

AMOXICILLIN; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHICKENS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FLUOROQUINOLONES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEBRAMYCIN; POULTRY DISEASES;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 70349895059     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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