Impact of Denmark's ban on antimicrobials for growth promotion

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 30-36

  Jensen, Helen H ^a   Hayes, Dermot J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DENMARK; DRUG USE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SWINE; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DENMARK; SWINE;

EID: 84903600482     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2014.05.020     Document Type: Review

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