Antimicrobial drug use in Austrian pig farms: Plausibility check of electronic on-farm records and estimation of consumption

Veterinary Record

Volumn 175, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 405-

  Trauffler, M ^a   Griesbacher, A ^b   Fuchs, K ^a   Kofer J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AUSTRIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PIG; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWINE DISEASES; VETERINARY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; AUSTRIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; RECORDS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 84908555497     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: 20427670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.102520     Document Type: Article

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