Interplay between policy and science regarding low-dose antimicrobial use in livestock

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages

  Sorensen, Amanda C ^a   Lawrence, Robert S ^a   Davis, Meghan F ^a  

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

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Funding; Livestock; Policy; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL HEALTH; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DRUG COST; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EUROPE; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; POLICY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897944817     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00086     Document Type: Article

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