Persistence of antibiotic resistance genes in beef cattle backgrounding environment over two years after cessation of operation

Getahun E. Agga; Kimberly L. Cook; Annesly M. P. Netthisinghe; Rebecca A. Gilfillen; Paul B. Woosley; Karamat R. Sistani

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0212510

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Persistence of antibiotic resistance genes in beef cattle backgrounding environment over two years after cessation of operation

Getahun E. Agga ,

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Getahun.Agga@usda.gov

Affiliation Food Animal Environmental Systems Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9903-5283

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Kimberly L. Cook,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Nutrition, Food Safety, and Quality, Office of National Programs, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Food Animal Environmental Systems Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States of America
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Annesly M. P. Netthisinghe,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Agriculture, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States of America
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Rebecca A. Gilfillen,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Agriculture, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4775-8594

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Paul B. Woosley,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Agriculture, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States of America
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Karamat R. Sistani

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Food Animal Environmental Systems Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States of America
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Persistence of antibiotic resistance genes in beef cattle backgrounding environment over two years after cessation of operation

Getahun E. Agga,
Kimberly L. Cook,
Annesly M. P. Netthisinghe,
Rebecca A. Gilfillen,
Paul B. Woosley,
Karamat R. Sistani

Published: February 15, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212510

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