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Effect of subtherapeutic antimicrobials on genetic diversity of Enterococcus faecium from chickens.
Avian diseases - 1 Mar 2006
Jackson Charlene R, Debnam Antoinette L, Avellaneda Gloria E, Barrett John B, Hofacre Charles L
Abstract excerpt
The effect of growth promotants (bacitracin, virginiamycin, and flavomycin) on the genetic population of Enterococcusfaecium isolated from a commercially integrated poultry farm was examined. A total of 551 E. faecium were isolated from chick boxliners (n=16), litter (n=334), feed (n=67), and carcass rinse (n=134) samples from four chicken houses. Two houses on the farm were control houses and did not use any...
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