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ANTIMICORBIAL RESISTANCE IN SWINE GIVEN 5 IN-FEED ANTIBIOTIC REGIMENS

Objective

1) Determine the antimicrobial resistance patterns of Salmonella, E. coli, Enterococci and Campylobacter isolates obtained from finisher swine fed three different antibiotic feeding regimens 2) Determine the molecular relatedness between isolates 3) Characterize the resistance genes within these isolates.

Investigators
Cray, Paula
Institution
USDA - Agricultural Research Service
Start date
2003
End date
2005
Funding Source
Agricultural Research Service
Project number
6612-32000-035-05R
Accession number
407824
Categories
Campylobacter
Escherichia coli
Salmonella
Antimicrobial Resistance
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