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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...
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Authors:
Margie Lee
Virginia Tech
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Charles L. Hofacre
University of Georgia
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Dr. John Maurer
University of Georgia
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Mushtaq ahmad
Mushtaq ahmad
2 de noviembre de 2019

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%.

Hope someone at least agrees with me.

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