Longitudinal study of the persistence of antimicrobial-resistant Campylobacter strains in distinct swine production systems on farms, at slaughter, and in the environment

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2698-2705

  Quintana Hayashi, Macarena P ^a   Thakur, Siddhartha ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCES; AZITHROMYCIN; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTERS; CIPROFLOXACIN; CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS; ENROFLOXACIN; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; ERYTHROMYCIN RESISTANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LYMPH NODE; OXYTETRACYCLINES (OTC); PROCESSING FACILITIES; PROCESSING PLANTS; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; SWINE PRODUCTION;

ACID RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTICS; BODY FLUIDS; MAMMALS; MICROORGANISMS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

FARMS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; PIG;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SWINE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FECES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SWINE;

CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; SUIDAE;

EID: 84861119000     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07723-11     Document Type: Article

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