Metagenomic Analysis of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Dairy Cow Feces following Therapeutic Administration of Third Generation Cephalosporin

• Lindsey Chambers ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Lindsey Chambers, Ying Yang, Heather Littier

  Affiliation Department of Dairy Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

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• Ying Yang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Lindsey Chambers, Ying Yang, Heather Littier

  Affiliation University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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• Heather Littier ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Lindsey Chambers, Ying Yang, Heather Littier

  Affiliation Department of Dairy Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

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• Partha Ray ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Dairy Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

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• Tong Zhang ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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• Amy Pruden ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

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• Michael Strickland ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

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• Katharine Knowlton

  * E-mail: kknowlto@vt.edu

  Affiliation Department of Dairy Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

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