Characterization of antimicrobial resistance and seasonal prevalence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 recovered from commercial feedlots in Alberta, Canada

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 320-326

  Aslam, M ^a   Stanford, K ^b   McAllister, T A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Cattle; E. coli O157:H7; Feedlots; PFGE; Resistance genes; Seasonal prevalence

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; WATER METERS;

ALBERTA , CANADA; ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCES; E.COLI O157:H7; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; PHENOTYPIC EXPRESSION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESISTANCE GENES; RESISTANT GENES; SULFISOXAZOLE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SULFAFURAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CATTLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ELECTROKINESIS; FECES; GENE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEASONALITY;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 76449117718     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2010.02798.x     Document Type: Article

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