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Associations between antimicrobial resistance genes in fecal generic Escherichia coli isolates from cow-calf herds in western Canada.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jun 2008
Gow Sheryl P, Waldner Cheryl L, Harel Josee, Boerlin Patrick
Abstract excerpt
The objective of this study was to examine associations among the genetic determinants of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in 207 fecal generic Escherichia coli isolates obtained from 77 cow-calf herds in western Canada. Twenty-three resistance genes corresponding to six different antimicrobial families were assessed using DNA hybridization and PCR. The most common resistance genes in the study sample (207...
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