Antimicrobial drug resistance of enteric bacteria from broilers fed antimicrobial growth enhancers and exposed poultry abattoir workers

The usage of antimicrobials either as performance enhancers or for prophylactic and therapeutic purposes in food animals, such as chickens, increases the prevalence of antimicrobial drug resistance among enteric bacteria of these animals. This may be transferred to people working with such animals,...

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Main Author: Oguttu, James Wabwire
Other Authors: Picard, J.A.
Published: University of Pretoria 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26348
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07162008-133245/