Antibiotic resistance, phylogenetic grouping and virulence potential of Escherichia coli isolated from the faeces of intensively farmed and free range poultry

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 305-315

  Obeng, Akua Serwaah ^a   Rickard, Heather ^a   Ndi, Olasumbo ^a   Sexton, Margaret ^b   Barton, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Government of South Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Free range egg layers; Intensive meat chickens; Resistance genes

Indexed keywords

AADA2 PROTEIN; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BLA SHV PROTEIN; BLA TEM PROTEIN; CEFTIOFUR; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DHFRV PROTEIN; DHFRXIII PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FLOR PROTEIN; FLORFENICOL; GENTAMICIN; IUTA PROTEIN; NEOMYCIN; PAPC PROTEIN; SFAS PROTEIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; SULI PROTEIN; SULII PROTEIN; TETA PROTEIN; TETB PROTEIN; TETC PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHICKEN MEAT; EGG; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INTEGRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 84855955932     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.07.010     Document Type: Article

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