Airborne antibiotic concentrations in a swine feeding operation

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 357-366

  Murphy, Matthew W ^a   Sanderson, Wayne T ^a   Vargo, John D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne sampling; Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotics; Lincomycin; Swine production; Tylosin

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; LINCOMYCIN; TYLOSIN;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SWINE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; LINCOMYCIN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SWINE; TYLOSIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SUIDAE;

EID: 36448960169     PISSN: 10747583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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