Prevalence and risk factors for carriage of antimicrobial-resistant <i>Escherichia coli</i> on household and small-scale chicken farms in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam

Abstract

Household and small farms showed frequent antimicrobial usage associated with a high prevalence of resistance to the most commonly used antimicrobials. Given the weak biocontainment, the high prevalence of resistant E. coli could represent a risk to the environment and to humans.