Restrictions on antimicrobial use in food animal production: An international regulatory and economic survey

Globalization and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Maron, Dina F ^a,b   Smith, Tyler J S ^a,b   Nachman, Keeve E ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Antibiotic; Antimicrobial; Bacteria; Drug resistance; Food animal; Trade; Veterinarian

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AVILAMYCIN; AVOPARCIN; BACITRACIN; BAMBERMYCIN; CARBADOX; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; MONENSIN; OLAQUINDOX; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SALINOMYCIN; SPIRAMYCIN; TYLOSIN; VANCOMYCIN; VIRGINIAMYCIN;

AGRICULTURAL TRADE; ANIMAL PRODUCT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; DISEASE CONTROL; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; EXPORT; FOOD; FOOD POLICY; FOOD PRODUCTION; GLOBALIZATION; HEALTH RISK; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

ANIMAL PRODUCT; ARTICLE; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG USE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FOOD INDUSTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH REGULATION; MARKETING; NONHUMAN; POLICY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; GROWTH; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MEAT; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

DENMARK; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMERCE; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FOOD INDUSTRY; GROWTH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MEAT; PRESCRIPTIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84885461221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-9-48     Document Type: Article

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