Age-related decline in carriage of ampicillin-resistant Escherichia coli in young calves

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 6927-6930

  Hoyle, Deborah V ^a,b   Shaw, Darren J ^a   Knight, Hazel I ^a,c   Davison, Helen C ^d   Pearce, Michael C ^a,c   Low, Chris ^c   Gunn, George J ^c   Woolhouse, Mark E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; MICROBIOLOGY;

CARRIAGE; COHORT CALVES; FECAL FLORA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIUM; FECES;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; CATTLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; GROUPS BY AGE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE;

AGING; AMPICILLIN RESISTANCE; ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 8744245236     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.11.6927-6930.2004     Document Type: Article

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