Swiss pig farmers' perception and usage of antibiotics during the fattening period

Livestock Science

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 223-232

  Visschers, Vivianne H M ^a   Iten, Denise M ^a   Riklin, Annette ^b   Hartmann, Stephanie ^b   Sidler, Xaver ^b   Siegrist, Michael ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antibiotic usage; Farmers' attitudes; Farmers' habits; Pig farming; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897741755     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2014.02.002     Document Type: Article

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