Changes in antimicrobial resistance among faecal enterococci isolated from growing broilers prophylactically medicated with three commercial antimicrobials

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-76

  Costa, Paulo Martins da ^a,c   Bica, Alexandra ^b   Vaz Pires, Paulo ^a,c   Bernardo, Fernando ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF VISEU   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Enterococci; Poultry; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; RANDOMIZATION;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHICKENS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FECES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POULTRY DISEASES; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

AVES; ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 73449130810     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.09.012     Document Type: Article

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