Principles of Prudent and Rational Use of Antimicrobials in Animals

Guide to Antimicrobial Use in Animals

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-12

  Guardabassi, Luca ^a   Kruse, Hilde ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Appropriate antimicrobial product and administration route; Codex alimentarius body under FAO and WHO auspices; Disease prevention tool for reducing antimicrobial use; Guide to antimicrobial use in animals; Infectious diseases major threat to human and animal health; Intrinsic selective properties and lesser antimicrobial efficacy in bacterial infections; Prudent and rational antimicrobial use; Resistance natural and unavoidable consequence of antimicrobial use; Shifting from general principles to practice guidelines; Swann report antibiotics in animal husbandry and veterinary medicine in Great Britain

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650029167     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444302639.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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