The effect of discontinued use of antimicrobial growth promoters on the risk of therapeutic antibiotic treatment in Danish farrow-to-finish pig farms

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 92-107

  Vigre, H ^a   Larsen, P B ^a   Andreasen, M ^a   Christensen, J ^a   Jorsal, S E ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AVILAMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; DENMARK; DIARRHEA; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; PIGLET; PNEUMONIA; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DENMARK; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESIDUES; FEMALE; MALE; MEAT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 37549039815     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026880700814X     Document Type: Article

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