Antimicrobial Resistant Salmonella enterica Typhimurium Colonizing Chickens: The Impact of Plasmids, Genotype, Bacterial Communities, and Antibiotic Administration on Resistance
Published:July 30, 2019
Summary
INTRODUCTION Salmonella enterica is the 3rd leading cause of foodborne illnesses globally; accounting for 78 million illnesses and 59 thousand foodborne-related deaths annually (Havelaar et al., 2015). In the United States, non-typhoidal Salmonella is responsible for 1 million illnesses, 19 thousand hospitalizations, and 378 deaths each year (Scallan et al., 2011). Children (≤5 years old) a...
I observe practically that florfenicol has good control on Salmonella but not completely eradicates it. Before drug administration mortality = 0.91% After florfenicol administration for week, at day 3 of the week the mortality ratio come down to 0.002%.