Impact of antimicrobial use on the antibiotic resistance of Escherichia coli isolates from chickens and fish grown on integrated fish farms

• Main Authors: Ciceron, Marichu Florence A., del Prado, Jose Miguel, Echauz, Jeryl Jack, Cabrera, Esperanza C.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2022
• Subjects: Escherichia coli; Escherichia coli infections in animals; Drug resistance in microorganisms; Biology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/5090
• 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 six weeks with manure of chickens that received tetracycline and chloramphenicol-supplemented feeds. E. coli was also iso...