Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Campylobacter in Broiler Flocks in Japan

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 241-245

  Haruna, M ^a   Sasaki, Y ^a   Murakami, M ^a   Ikeda, A ^a   Kusukawa, M ^a   Tsujiyama, Y ^a   Ito, K ^a   Asai, T ^b   Yamada, Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY ASSAY LABORATORY   (Japan)

^b National Veterinary Assay Laboratory   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Broiler flocks; Campylobacter; Colonization

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DIHYDROSTREPTOMYCIN; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; OXYTETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BROILER; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; JAPAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKENS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; ODDS RATIO; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SEASONS;

CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 84860384278     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2011.01441.x     Document Type: Article

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