A review of antibiotic use in food animals: Perspective, policy, and potential

Public Health Reports

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-22

  Landers, Timothy F ^a   Cohen, Bevin ^b   Wittum, Thomas E ^a   Larson, Elaine L ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; FERTILIZER; GLYCOLIPID; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; POLYENE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POLYETHER; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; QUINOXALINE DERIVATIVE; STREPTOGRAMIN DERIVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TYLOSIN;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PRODUCT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DRUG USE; FARM ANIMAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTATION; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVESTOCK; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWINE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 84858200759     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491212700103     Document Type: Review

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