A questionnaire survey of poultry layer farmers in Khartoum State, Sudan, to study their antimicrobial awareness and usage patterns

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Sirdar, Mohamed M ^a,b   Picard, Jackie ^b,c   Bisschop, Shahn ^b   Gummow, Bruce ^b,c  

^a Military Cooperative Corporation   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DRUG RESIDUE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AWARENESS; CHICKEN; EGG; FEMALE; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; POULTRY DISEASES; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUDAN;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AWARENESS; CHICKENS; DRUG RESIDUES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EGGS; FARMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; POULTRY DISEASES; SUDAN; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84888015398     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: 22190635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/ojvr.v79i1.361     Document Type: Article

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