Cross-sectional study of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria in horses. Part 2: Risk factors for faecal carriage of antimicrobial-resistant Escherichia coli in horses

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 297-303

  Maddox, T W ^a   Pinchbeck, G L ^b   Clegg, P D ^c   Wedley, A L ^a   Dawson, S ^a   Williams, N J ^a  

^a National Centre for Zoonosis Research   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Infection and Global Health   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Escherichia coli; Extended spectrum lactamases; Horses; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FECES; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84859441395     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: 20423306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.2011.00440.x     Document Type: Article

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