Antimicrobial resistance and in vitro biofilm-forming ability of enterococci from intensive and extensive farming broilers

Poultry Science

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1065-1069

  Oliveira, M ^a   Santos, V ^a   Fernandes, A ^a   Bernardo, F ^a   Vilela, C L ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA VETERINÁRIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Biofilm; Broiler; Enterococcus; Farming system

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ENTEROCOCCUS;

ENROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; STREPTOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOFILM; CHICKEN; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOFILMS; CHICKENS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUOROQUINOLONES; GENTAMICINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXYTETRACYCLINE; STREPTOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 77953101758     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2008-00436     Document Type: Article

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