Effect of antimicrobial usage on enteric bacterial populations with focus on virulence and resistance profiles of Escherichia coli in growing pigs

Microbial community in the gut of pigs provides a vast and complex microbial network of community diversity important for its health and development. Pathogenic Escherichia coli are responsible for acute profuse diarrhoea with resultant high morbidity and mortality. Antibiotics are used as growth pr...

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Main Author: Abubakar, Rukayya Hussain
Other Authors: Fasina, Folorunso Oludayo
Language:en
Published: University of Pretoria 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2263/67746
Abubakar, RH 2018, Effect of antimicrobial usage on enteric bacterial populations with focus on virulence and resistance profiles of Escherichia coli in growing pigs, MSc Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/67746>