Does the use of antibiotics in food animals pose a risk to human health? A reply to critics [6]

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 276-278

  Phillips, Ian ^a   Casewell, Mark ^a   Cox, Tony ^b   de Groot, Brad ^c,i   Friis, Christian ^d   Jones, Ron ^e   Nightingale, Charles ^f   Preston, Rodney ^g   Waddell, John ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Cox Associates ^*  (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e JMI LABORATORIES   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^g TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Sutton Veterinary Clinic   (United States)

ⁱ Livestock Information Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal use; Antibiotics

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; GROWTH PROMOTOR; MACROLIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKEN; DENMARK; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LETTER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING ENTERITIS; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS;

EID: 3543064762     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkh262     Document Type: Letter

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