Antimicrobial use on 24 beef farms in Ontario

Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2008, Pages 110-118

  Carson, Carolee A ^a,b   Reid Smith, Richard ^a,b   Irwin, Rebecca J ^a   Martin, Wayne S ^b   McEwen, Scott A ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CEFTIOFUR; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; CHLORTETRACYCLINE PLUS SULFADIMIDINE; COTRIMADINE; DIHYDROSTREPTOMYCIN; ENROFLOXACIN; FLORFENICOL; GENTAMICIN; LASALOCID; LINCO SPECTIN; MACROLIDE; MONENSIN; NEOMYCIN PLUS SULFADIMIDINE; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; PROCAINE PENICILLIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SPECTINOMYCIN; SULFADIMIDINE; SULTAMICILLIN; SYNERGISTIN; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TIAMULIN; TILMICOSIN; TYLOSIN;

ANIMAL FOOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CATTLE DISEASE; CATTLE FARMING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG UTILIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT DURATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE; AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CATTLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FEMALE; INJECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ANIMALIA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; INJECTIONS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 44649184175     PISSN: 08309000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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