Detection of antibiotic resistant enterococci and Escherichia coli in free range Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 456-457, Issue , 2013, Pages 115-119

  Gonçalves, Alexandre ^a,b   Igrejas, Gilberto ^a   Radhouani, Hajer ^a,b   Santos, Tiago ^a,b   Monteiro, Ricardo ^a,b   Pacheco, Rui ^a,b   Alcaide, Eva ^c   Zorrilla, Irene ^c   Serra, Rodrigo ^d   Torres, Carmen ^e   Poeta, Patrícia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c Center for Analysis and Diagnosis of Wildlife (CAD)   (Spain)

^d National Centre for Captive Breeding of the Iberian Lynx   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistant enterococci; Escherichia coli; Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus)

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCES; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS SPP; LYNX PARDINUS; MOLECULAR MECHANISM;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACILLI; CONSERVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

GENES;

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FELID; GENETIC ANALYSIS; TESTING METHOD; VIRULENCE;

AAC(6') LE APH(2'') LA GENE; AADA1 GENE; AADA2 GENE; ANT(6) LA GENE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; APH(3') IIIA GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPD GENE; CYLB GENE; CYLL GENE; DFRA1 GENE; DFRA12 GENE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; ERM(B) GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; LYNX; LYNX PARDINUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUL GENE; TET(A) GENE; TET(L) GENE; TET(M) GENE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GENES, BACTERIAL; LYNX; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPAIN; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LYNX; LYNX PARDINUS; PHYLO;

EID: 84876379120     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.03.073     Document Type: Article

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