Stored swine manure and swine faeces as reservoirs of antibiotic resistance genes

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 264-267

  Whitehead, T R ^a   Cotta, M A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Faeces; Genes; Manure; PCR; Resistance; Swine

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; FERTILIZERS; GENES; MANURES;

ANIMAL PERFORMANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; BACTERIAL ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; FECES; FOOD ANIMALS; HEALTH BENEFITS; PCR; RESISTANCE; SWINE; SWINE MANURE;

ANTIBIOTICS;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FECES; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH IMPACT; MANURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PIG; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ANIMAL FOOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA EXTRACTION; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; MANURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESERVOIR; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SUIDAE;

EID: 84874967199     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/lam.12043     Document Type: Article

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