Acquired antibiotic resistance among wild animals: the case of Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus)

Veterinary Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 105-112

  Sousa, Margarida ^a,b   Gonçalves, Alexandre ^b   Silva, Nuno ^a,b   Serra, Rodrigo ^c   Alcaide, Eva ^d   Zorrilla, Irene ^d   Torres, Carmen ^e   Caniça, Manuela ^f   Igrejas, Gilberto ^b   Poeta, Patrícia ^a  

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

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

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

^d Ministry of Environment   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

antibiotic resistance; antibiotics; environment; Iberian Lynx; wild animals

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG MISUSE; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LYNX; LYNX PARDINUS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WILD ANIMAL; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA; LYNX; LYNX PARDINUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; LYNX;

EID: 84907470367     PISSN: 01652176     EISSN: 18755941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01652176.2014.949391     Document Type: Review

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