Canadian integrated program for antimicrobial resistance surveillance (CIPARS) farm program: Results from finisher pig surveillance

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 71-84

  Deckert, A ^a,b   Gow, S ^a,c   Rosengren, L ^d   Leger D ^a   Avery, B ^a   Daignault, D ^a   Dutil, L ^a,e   Reid Smith, R ^a,b   Irwin, R ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d Rosengren Epidemiology Consulting   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Drug monitoring; Drug resistance; Escherichia coli; Salmonella spp.; Swine

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTIOFUR; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAFURAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; VIRGINIAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANADA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CANADA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA; SUIDAE;

EID: 78649542188     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2010.01356.x     Document Type: Article

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