Antimicrobial resistance in faecal samples from buffalo, wildebeest and zebra grazing together with and without cattle in Tanzania

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 966-975

  Katakweba, A A S ^a   Moller K S ^b   Muumba, J ^c   Muhairwa, A P ^a   Damborg, P ^b   Rosenkrantz, J T ^b   Minga, U M ^d   Mtambo, M M A ^a   Olsen, J E ^b  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority   (Tanzania)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY OF TANZANIA   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Buffalo; Cattle; Tanzania; Wildebeest; Zebra

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA; ANTIBIOTICS RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCES; BUFFALO; CATTLE; CONSERVATION AREAS; FAECAL SAMPLES; TANZANIA; WILDEBE; ZEBRA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; ENROFLOXACIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; RUMINANT; WILD POPULATION;

ANTELOPE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BOVINAE; BUFFALO; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GENE DOSAGE; GRAZING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TANZANIA; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; WILDEBEEST; WILDLIFE; ZEBRA; ANIMAL; BOVINE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENTEROCOCCUS; EQUIDAE; GENETICS; HERBIVORY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ARUSHA [TANZANIA]; NGORONGORO CONSERVATION AREA; TANZANIA;

BOS; EQUUS SUBG. HIPPOTIGRIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; UNGULATA;

ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; EQUIDAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; HERBIVORY; TANZANIA;

EID: 84924871800     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jam.12738     Document Type: Article

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