Reported antibiotic use in 90 swine farms in Alberta

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 446-452

  Rajić, Andrijana ^a,c   Reid Smith, Richard ^b,c   Deckert, Anne E ^b,c   Dewey, Catherine E ^c   McEwen, Scott A ^c  

^a ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; CARBADOX; CEFTIOFUR; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; DIMETRIDAZOLE; LINCOMYCIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SPECTINOMYCIN; SULFADIMIDINE; TIAMULIN; TILMICOSIN; TYLOSIN; VIRGINIAMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INTERVIEW; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALMONELLOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

SUS SCROFA;

ALBERTA; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 33745039542     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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