Temporal relationship between decrease in antimicrobial prescription for Danish pigs and the "Yellow Card" legal intervention directed at reduction of antimicrobial use

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 554-564

  Jensen, V F ^a   de Knegt, L V ^a   Andersen, V D ^a   Wingstrand, A ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial use; Metaphylatic treatment; Pig; Swine; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DITERPENE; MACROLIDE; PLEUROMUTILIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; DENMARK; DRUG UTILIZATION; PIG; PROCEDURES; SWINE DISEASES; TRENDS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DENMARK; DITERPENES; DRUG UTILIZATION; MACROLIDES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TETRACYCLINES;

EID: 84912075527     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2014.08.006     Document Type: Article

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