Growth performance and antibiotic tolerance patterns of nursery and finishing pigs fed growth-promoting levels of antibiotics

Livestock Science

Volumn 136, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 184-191

  Holt, J P ^a,b   Van Heugten, E ^a   Graves, A K ^a   See, M T ^a   Morrow, W E M ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Growth performance; Swine

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 79951956142     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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