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- Title
Selected Antimicrobial Resistance during Composting of Manure from Cattle Administered Sub-Therapeutic Antimicrobials.
- Authors
Sharma, Ranjana; Larney, Francis J.; Jing Chen; Yanke, L. Jay; Morrison, Mark; Topp, Edward; McAllister, Tim A.; Zhongtang Yu
- Abstract
The article discusses research investigating selected antimicrobial resistance during composting of manure from cattle administered sub-therapeutic antimicrobials. Researchers note the increased use of composting as a method for recycling nutrients in manure from the livestock industry, but that a characterization of composting manure from animals fed antimicrobials has never been done. Results of an 18-week trial to quantitatively assess the survival of various pathogens, including Escherichia coli (E. coli), E. coli resistant to ampicillin, and E. coli resistant to tetracycline, using compost windows prepared from manure collected from cattle (Bos Taurus) who were fed various antimicrobials against a control are presented.
- Subjects
MANURES; ANTI-infective agents; DRUG resistance in microorganisms; ESCHERICHIA coli; TETRACYCLINE; AMPICILLIN; CATTLE disease prevention
- Publication
Journal of Environmental Quality, 2009, Vol 38, Issue 2, p567
- ISSN
0047-2425
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2134/jeq2007.0638