Microbial source tracking in a watershed dominated by swine

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 587-604

  Liwimbi, Lloyd ^a   Graves, Alexandria K ^b   Israel, Daniel W ^b   van Heugten, Eric ^b   Robinson, Bradford ^b   Cahoon, Charles W ^b   Lubbers, Joice F ^b  

^a CHITEDZE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STATION   (Malawi)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance analysis; Escherichia coli; Lagoon; Microbial source tracking; Surface water quality

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; EFFLUENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERTILIZERS; LAKES; MANURES; QUALITY CONTROL; SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY;

AEROSOL TRANSPORT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE ANALYSES (ARA); FECAL COLIFORMS; HEALTH CONCERNS; LAGOON; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; SWINE PRODUCTION;

SEWAGE LAGOONS;

BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUIDAE;

EID: 80855157603     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w2030587     Document Type: Article

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