Indications and patterns of therapeutic use of antimicrobial agents in the Danish pig production from 2002 to 2008

Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-46

  Jensen, V F ^a   Emborg, H D ^a   Aarestrup, F M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPENICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COLISTIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PLEUROMUTILIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SPECTINOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; PIGLET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SOW (SWINE);

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DENMARK; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 84855475571     PISSN: 01407783     EISSN: 13652885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2885.2011.01291.x     Document Type: Article

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