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The faecal flora of poultry and other farm animals includes a high proportion of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Among these intestinal bacteria, the enterobacteria harbor frequently resistance plasmids and they are able to colonize the gut of chickens without any selective pressure (Guillot et al. 1977).
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Guillot, J.F., Boucaud, J.L. (1992). In vivo Transfer of a Conjugative Plasmid between Isogenic Escherichia coli Strains in the Gut of Chickens, in the Presence and Absence of Selective Pressure. In: Gauthier, M.J. (eds) Gene Transfers and Environment. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77450-8_19
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