The routine use of antibiotics to promote animal growth does little to benefit protein undernutrition in the developing world

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1007-1013

  Collignon, Peter ^a,c   Wegener, Henrik C ^d   Braam, Peter ^e   Butler, Colin D ^b  

^a CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL GROWTH; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CALORIC INTAKE; CEREAL; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; GROWTH; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INDUSTRIALIZED MEAT; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PORK; POULTRY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN MALNUTRITION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIETARY PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; MEAT; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; POULTRY; POVERTY; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; VETERINARY DRUGS;

EID: 25444467152     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/433191     Document Type: Review

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