Weaner production with low antimicrobial usage: A descriptive study

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Fertner, Mette ^a   Boklund, Anette ^a   Dupont, Nana ^b   Enøe, Claes ^a   Stege, Helle ^b   Toft, Nils ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antibiotic use; Health; Management; pig; Swine

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; DENMARK; PIG; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DENMARK; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 84937057226     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13028-015-0130-2     Document Type: Article

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