Multiple-antibiotic resistance of Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium from cecal contents in broiler chicken and Turkey flocks slaughtered in Canada and plasmid colocalization of tetO and ermB genes

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1639-1648

  Tremblay, Cindy Love ^a   Letellier, Ann ^a   Quessy, Sylvain ^a   Boulianne, Martine ^b   Daignault, Danielle ^c   Archambault, Marie ^a  

^a Research Center in Infectiology of Pork   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CANADA; CECUM; CHICKEN; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PLASMID; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CANADA; CECUM; CHICKENS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; TURKEYS;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 80053926079     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-10-451     Document Type: Article

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