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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2005, p. 4108-4111, Vol. 71, No. 7
0099-2240/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.71.7.4108-4111.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Campylobacter spp. and Salmonella Serovars in Organic Chickens from Maryland Retail Stores

Shenghui Cui, Beilei Ge, Jie Zheng, and Jianghong Meng*

Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742

Received 7 October 2004/ Accepted 17 January 2005

Retail organic (n = 198) and conventional (n = 61) chickens were analyzed. Most organic (76%) and conventional (74%) chickens were contaminated with campylobacters. Salmonellae were recovered from 61% of organic and 44% of conventional chickens. All Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium isolates from conventional chickens were resistant to five or more antimicrobials, whereas most S. enterica serovar Typhimurium isolates (79%) from organic chickens were susceptible to 17 antimicrobials tested.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Nutrition and Food Science, 0112 Skinner Building, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742. Phone: (301) 405-1399. Fax: (301) 314-3313. E-mail: jmeng{at}umd.edu.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2005, p. 4108-4111, Vol. 71, No. 7
0099-2240/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.71.7.4108-4111.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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