Antimicrobial Resistance in Campylobacter spp. Isolated from Ontario Sheep Flocks and Associations between Antimicrobial use and Antimicrobial Resistance

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 294-301

  Scott, L ^a   Menzies, P ^a   Reid Smith, R J ^a,b   Avery, B P ^a,b   Mcewen, S A ^a   Moon, C S ^a   Berke, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Antimicrobial; Campylobacter; Ontario; Resistance; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLORFENICOL; GENTAMICIN; MACROLIDE; NALIDIXIC ACID; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFONAMIDE; TELITHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FECES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTER LARI; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84860385435     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2011.01450.x     Document Type: Article

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