The presence of antibiotic resistant bacteria along the River Lagan

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 217-221

  Moore, John E ^a,b   Moore, Peter J A ^c   Millar, B Cherie ^a   Goldsmith, Colin E ^a   Loughrey, Anne ^a   Rooney, Paul J ^a   Rao, Juluri R ^d  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Ballymena Academy   (United Kingdom)

^d AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Infection; Watercourse; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED RESISTANCE; AGRICULTURAL CROPS; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CARBAPENEMS; COLONY FORMING UNITS; CULTURABLE BACTERIA; DAIRY CATTLES; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL ISOLATES; FECAL POLLUTION; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMAN HEALTH; INFECTION; LARGE POPULATION; NORTHERN IRELAND; PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES; SAMPLING POINTS; SPECIFIC RESISTANCES; WATERCOURSE; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGY; CROPS; DAIRIES; ECOSYSTEMS; HEALTH; POTABLE WATER; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WATER POLLUTION;

ANTIBIOTICS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HEALTH RISK; IRRIGATION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

LAGAN RIVER; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS;

EID: 77957897323     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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