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Prevalence, Quantity and Antibiotic Resistance Profiles of Salmonella enterica at Slaughter in Response to Antibiotic use Early in the Cattle Feeding Period

Investigators
Loneragan, Guy; Scott, H. Morgan; Ives, S; Lawhon, S; Loneragan, Guy
Institutions
Texas A&M University
Texas Tech University
West Texas A&M University
Start date
2015
End date
2016
Objective
The objective of this study was to determine the effects of tulathromycin and ceftiofur treatment on the  prevalence, quantity, and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella in feedlot cattle immediately following treatment and at  slaughter. 
Funding Source
Nat'l. Cattlemen's Beef Assoc.
Project source
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Categories
Salmonella
Bacterial Pathogens
Antimicrobial Resistance