Prophylactic and metaphylactic antimicrobial use in Belgian fattening pig herds

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-62

  Callens, Bénédicte ^a   Persoons, Davy ^a   Maes, Dominiek ^a   Laanen, Maria ^a   Postma, Merel ^a   Boyen, Filip ^a   Haesebrouck, Freddy ^a   Butaye, Patrick ^b   Catry, Boudewijn ^c   Dewulf, Jeroen ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^c SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial drug consumption; Group treatment; Swine

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BELGIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 84863883489     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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