| comparison of antimicrobial resistant escherichia coli in wild and captive japanese serows. | the fecal escherichia coli isolated from wild japanese serows living in mountainous areas away from humans and those from captive serows kept in human areas were examined for antimicrobial resistance and the possession of transferable r plasmids. of 874 e. coli strains isolated from 283 wild serows in 1980-1981, only 11 (1.3%) were resistant to at least one of 6 antimicrobial drugs; ampicillin, streptomycin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, kanamycin and sulfadimethoxin. seven (2.5%) individuals w ... | 1992 | 1420561 |