Open AccessCampylobacter coli: prevalence and antimicrobial resistance in antimicrobial-free (ABF) swine production systems
Author(s) -
Wondwossen A. Gebreyes,
Siddhartha Thakur,
W. E. Morgan Morrow
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dki305
Subject(s) - antimicrobial , campylobacter , antibiotic resistance , microbiology and biotechnology , campylobacter coli , biology , antibiotics , bacteria , genetics
To determine the prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Campylobacter species in swine reared in the intensive and extensive antimicrobial-free (ABF) production systems at farm and slaughter. In the ABF system, antimicrobials are neither used for growth promotion nor therapeutic purposes.
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