The presence of antibiotic resistant bacteria along the River Lagan

• Published in: Agricultural water management Vol. 98; no. 1; pp. 217 - 221
• Main Authors: Moore, John E., Moore, Peter J.A., Millar, B. Cherie, Goldsmith, Colin E., Loughrey, Anne, Rooney, Paul J., Rao, Juluri R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.12.2010; Amsterdam; New York: Elsevier; Elsevier
• Series: Agricultural Water Management
• Subjects: Agricultural and forest climatology and meteorology. Irrigation. Drainage; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; animal pathogenic bacteria; Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotic resistance Zoonoses Infection Watercourse; Antibiotics; Bacteria; bacterial contamination; beef cattle; Biological and medical sciences; dairy cattle; Drinking water; Ecology; feces; Freshwater; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General agronomy. Plant production; Infection; livestock; plate count; River Lagan; Rivers; Sampling; species diversity; surface water; water-borne bacteria; Watercourse; Watercourses; watersheds; Waterways; Zoonoses; Northern Ireland; British Isles, Northern Ireland; Infection; Watercourse; Antibiotic resistance; Zoonoses; Rivers; Resistance; Aquatic environment; Hydrology; Surface water; Water engineering; Prokaryote; Bacteria; Stream; Microorganism

Antibiotic resistance (ABR) has now become a major public health issue. Relatively little work has been published on the incidence of ABR in environmental isolates within the environment, which is of importance to animal health, zoonotic transmission and human health. A study was performed to determ...