Longer-duration uses of tetracyclines and penicillins in U.S. food-producing animals: Indications and microbiologic effects

Environment International

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 991-1004

  Mathers, Jeremy J ^a   Flick, Sondra C ^b   Cox, L Anthony ^c  

^a Alpharma Inc   (United States)

^b Alpharma Pharmaceuticals   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animals; Antibiotics; Diseases; Penicillins; Resistance; Tetracyclines

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH RISKS; MICROORGANISMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCES; FOOD-PRODUCING ANIMALS; NUTRIENT UTILIZATION; PENICILLINS; SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; TETRACYCLINES; TETRACYCLINES (TCS);

ANIMALS;

AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTICS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIVESTOCK; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGEN; POULTRY; TOXIN;

ACNE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIOSTASIS; COMMENSAL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DNA TRANSFER; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD SAFETY; GROWTH STIMULATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HERD IMMUNITY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE FLORA; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVESTOCK; LONG TERM CARE; MEAT INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; POLLUTION; POSTHARVEST PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONELLA; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79955624754     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.01.014     Document Type: Review

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