The BfT-GermVet monitoring program - Aims and basics

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 120, Issue 9-10, 2007, Pages 357-362

  Schwarz, Stefan ^a   Alešík, Eva ^b   Grobbel, Mirjam ^c   Lübke Becker, Antina ^c   Wallmann, Jürgen ^d   Werckenthin, Christiane ^b   Wieler, Lothar H ^c  

^a INSTITUT FÜR TIERZUCHT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d Bundesamt fur Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit BVL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial agents; In vitro susceptibility testing; Interpretive criteria; Sampling strategy

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; CAT; CATTLE; DOG; DRUG EFFECT; GERMANY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CATS; CATTLE; DOGS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GERMANY; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34548656204     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2376/0005-9366-120-357     Document Type: Article

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