The livestock reservoir for antimicrobial resistance: A personal view on changing patterns of risks, effects of interventions and the way forward

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1670, 2015, Pages

  Aarestrup, Frank M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Antimicrobial usage; Food animals; Interventions; Productivity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SALMONELLA;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVESTOCK; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK;

EID: 84928676429     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0085     Document Type: Article

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