Impacts of antibiotic use in agriculture: What are the benefits and risks?

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 37-44

  Durso, Lisa M ^a   Cook, Kimberly L ^b  

^a USDA Agricultural Research Service Lincoln Nebraska   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; WATER; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGRICULTURE; AGROECOSYSTEM; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; DRUG USE; DUST; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD; HUMAN; INSECT; MANURE; NONHUMAN; RESERVOIR; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOIL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; WILDLIFE; ANIMAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84903582115     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2014.05.019     Document Type: Review

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