Prevalence, species distribution and antimicrobial resistance of enterococci isolated from US dairy cattle

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-48

  Jackson, C R ^a   Lombard, J E ^b   Dargatz, D A ^b   Fedorka Cray, P J ^a  

^a RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ANIMAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Dairy cattle; Enterococcus; Veterinary

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACILLI;

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCES; ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; DAIRY CATTLES; DAIRY COW; ENTEROCOCCUS; FAECAL SAMPLES; HUMAN REMAINS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS; VETERINARY;

DRUG THERAPY;

BAMBERMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; CATTLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES; SAMPLING; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COW; DAIRY CATTLE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; FECES ANALYSIS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

BOS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE;

EID: 78650055586     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2010.02964.x     Document Type: Article

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