Recovery of Cephalosporin Resistant <i>Escherichia coli</i> and <i>Salmonella</i> from Pork, Beef and Chicken Marketed in Nova Scotia

Abstract

Chicken from retail outlets located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, commonly contained blaCMY-2-bearing E coli. The relationship antibiotics used in food-producing animals and its effect on resistance of commensals and pathogens needs to be determined.