Reference | JGQL2W7M (56)

This study was performed in South Korea to compare (1) Enterococcus spp. loads as an indicator of fecal contamination, (2) profiles of Enterococcus resistance to antibiotics currently used in veterinary medicine, and (3) rates of multidrug resistance in isolates obtained from conventional and organic chicken carcasses.

A total of 144 chicken carcass samples, comprising those from 72 conventionally and 72 organically raised chickens, was collected from local retail markets in Seoul, South Korea. In this study, chickens certified as “antibiotic-free” by NAQS were considered organic chickens. All samples were collected from the same store at 3-week intervals between ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS IN CHICKEN CARCASSES 273 June 2016 and December 2016. On each of the 8 visits, we randomly selected more than 18 packages of whole chicken meat without giblets.

AST Method: Agar Dilution

Reference explicitly reports AST breakpoints: None

Reference reports using a MIC table: None