Research Summary
Are E. coli from diarrheic piglets more often multidrug resistant?
Among weaned piglets in Catalonia, multidrug-resistant E. coli were more frequent in diarrheic animals than in apparently healthy animals.
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Among weaned piglets in Catalonia, multidrug-resistant E. coli were more frequent in diarrheic animals than in apparently healthy animals.
Enhanced hygiene did not reduce overall resistant E. coli prevalence in this study, although fecal blaTEM-1 abundance differed between groups.