Phasing out antibiotic feed additives in the EU: Worldwide relevance for animal food production

Antimicrobial Growth Promoters: Where do we go from here?

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 69-81

  Chesson, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal production; Antibiotic resistance; Growth promoting antibiotics; Risk assessment; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 48649092257     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-570-3     Document Type: Chapter

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