Antibiotic resistance and plasmid carriage among Escherichia coli isolates from chicken meat in Malaysia
Escherichia coli isolates from 131 raw chicken meat samples were tested for susceptibility to 12 antibiotics. Plasmids were isolated from many samples and their DNA molecular weight calculated. An 81.7% plasmid occurrence rate was observed among the isolates, ranging from 0 to 8 in number and with s...
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Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
Language: | English |
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Springer
2003
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Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/9370/1/9370.pdf |