Use of antimicrobial growth promoters in food animals: The risks outweigh the benefits

Antimicrobial Growth Promoters: Where do we go from here?

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 53-58

  Wegener, H C ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial growth promoters; Antimicrobial resistance; Benefits; Risks

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349844873     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-570-3     Document Type: Chapter

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