Awareness of human health risks associated with the use of antibiotics among livestock keepers and factors that contribute to selection of antibiotic resistance bacteria within livestock in Tanzania

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Katakweba, A A S ^a   Mtambo, M M A ^a   Olsen, J E ^b   Muhairwa, A P ^a  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prescriptions; Antibiotic sources; Education; Management systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867466730     PISSN: 01213784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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