Potentially pathogenic bacteria and antimicrobial resistance in bioaerosols from cage-housed and floor-housed poultry operations

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 440-449

  Just, Natasha A ^a   Létourneau, Valérie ^b   Kirychuk, Shelley P ^c   Singh, Baljit ^a   Duchaine, Caroline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

air sampling; antimicrobial resistance; bacteria; bioaerosols; poultry

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCES; BACTERIA CONCENTRATIONS; BIOAEROSOLS; CAMPYLOBACTER SPP; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ERYTHROMYCIN RESISTANCE; GROWTH PROMOTION; LOW LEVEL; PATHOGENIC BACTERIUM; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESISTANCE GENES; SAMPLING DEVICES; SELECTIVE PRESSURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; ECOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOORS; GENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY;

AEROSOLS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AEROSOL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY;

EID: 84859791408     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mer105     Document Type: Article

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