Excretion of antibiotic resistance genes by dairy calves fed milk replacers with varying doses of antibiotics

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue APR, 2012, Pages

  Thames, Callie H ^a   Pruden, Amy ^b   James, Robert E ^a   Ray, Partha P ^a   Knowlton, Katharine F ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance genes; Dairy calves; Manure; Milk replacer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875662076     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00139     Document Type: Article

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