Potential impacts of antibiotic use in poultry production

Avian Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 161-172

  Singer, Randall S ^a,b   Hofacre, Charles L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotic use; Causal inference; Public health; Risk assessment; Unintended consequences

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; POULTRY; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; POULTRY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33746050389     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/7569-033106R.1     Document Type: Short Survey

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