Reference | Stone2013 (20025) (Excluded)

Two poultry farms, designated FarmA and Farm B, participated in the study. A standardized questionnaire was completed at each farmby the owner/manager. Factors evaluated were housing type, flock size, feed composition and source,water source, presence of other domestic animals, use of footbaths, rodent control, husbandry practices, slaughter practices, flock health history,manure spread and disposal methods, and use of antimicrobial drugs [17]. A convenience sample of 25 6–8-week-old broilers were obtained from each farm between September 2009 and May 2011.

Samples were collected at the farmimmediately after the on-farmslaughter procedure. Cloacal swabs and postevisceration swabs of the abdominal cavity (visceral swabs) were obtained from each bird. Samples were transported on ice to St George’s University School of Veterinary Medicine Diagnostic and Research Laboratory for processing in the same day.

AST Method: None

Reference explicitly reports AST breakpoints: True

Reference reports using a MIC table: False