Veterinary antimicrobial-usage statistics based on standardized measures of dosage

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 201-215

  Jensen, V F ^a   Jacobsen, E ^a   Bager, F ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ADD; ATCvet; CHR; DDD; Drug usage; Surveillance; Veterinary; VetStat

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VETERINARY DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DENMARK; DRUG UTILIZATION; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DENMARK; DRUG UTILIZATION; PRODUCT SURVEILLANCE, POSTMARKETING; VETERINARY DRUGS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 4344576887     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2004.04.001     Document Type: Article

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