Factors associated with routine mass antimicrobial usage in fattening pig units in a high pig-density area

Veterinary Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 481-492

  Casal, Jordi ^a   Mateu, Enric ^a   Mejía, William ^a   Martín, Marga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial agents; Fattening pig units; Prophylactic usage; Regression tree

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM; COLISTIN; LINCOMYCIN; MACROLIDE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TIAMULIN;

ANIMAL FOOD; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

SUIDAE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 34547431546     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: 12979716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2007010     Document Type: Article

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