A comparative study on the antimicrobial resistance of Escherichia coli isolates from chickens and fish grown on integrated and traditional fish farms

• Main Authors: Ciceron, Marichu Florence A., Del Prado, Jose Miguel, Echauz, Jeryl Jack, Cabrera, Esperanza C.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2008
• Subjects: Escherichia coli; Drug resistance in microorganisms; Biology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/1776
• Institution: De La Salle University

Escherichia coli was isolated from fish grown in a pond that had never been exposed to antibiotic- supplemented feeds (control group), and from fish on an integrated farm, fed for 6 wk with manure of chickens that received tetracycline-supplemented and chloramphenicol-supplemented feeds. E. coli was...