Antimicrobial resistance of Enterococcus spp. isolated from livestock in lithuania

Veterinarski Arhiv

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 439-449

  Ruzauskas, Modestas ^a   Virgailis, Marius ^a   Šiugždiniene, Rita ^a   Sužiedeliene, Edita ^b   Šeputiene, Vaida ^b   Daugelavičius, Rimantas ^b   Zienius, Dainius ^a   Šengaut, Jakov ^c   Pavilonis, Alvydas ^d  

^a Lithuanian Veterinary Academy   (Lithuania)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^c Jakovo veterinarijos centras   (Lithuania)

^d KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Antimicrobial susceptibility; Cut off values

Indexed keywords

BOS; ENTEROCOCCUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 72249087731     PISSN: 03725480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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