Antimicrobial growth promoters: Consumer concerns and demands

Antimicrobial Growth Promoters: Where do we go from here?

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 59-67

  Reijnders, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Consumers; Environmental impact; NGOs; Residues

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349825564     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-570-3     Document Type: Chapter

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