A cross-sectional study examining the prevalence and risk factors for anti-microbial-resistant generic escherichia coli in domestic dogs that frequent dog parks in three cities in South-Western Ontario, Canada

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 250-259

  Procter, T D ^a,b   Pearl, D L ^a,b   Finley, R L ^a,c   Leonard, E K ^a   Janecko, N ^a,c   Reid Smith, R J ^a,c   Weese, J S ^a,b   Peregrine, A S ^a,b   Sargeant, J M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anti microbial resistance; Dogs; Generic Escherichia coli; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CANADA; DOG; DOG DISEASES; DRUG EFFECTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DATA COLLECTION; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; ONTARIO; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84899116858     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12064     Document Type: Article

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