Antibiotic resistance in faecal bacteria (Escherichia coli, Enterococcus spp.) in feral pigeons

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1687-1695

  Radimersky, T ^a   Frolkova, P ^a   Janoszowska, D ^a   Dolejska, M ^a   Svec, P ^b   Roubalova, E ^a   Cikova, P ^a   Cizek, A ^a   Literak, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Antimicrobials; Columba livia; Czech Republic; Genes; Intestinal bacteria; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACILLI; GENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTIBIOTICS RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL; COLUMBA LIVIUM; CZECH REPUBLIC; E. COLI; ENTEROCOCCUS SPP; FECAL BACTERIA; INTESTINAL BACTERIA; RESISTANCE; RESISTANCE GENES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CIPROFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; BIRD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DISEASE SPREAD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERAL ANIMAL; GENE CASSETTE; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; COLUMBAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78650331191     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04797.x     Document Type: Article

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