Antimicrobial usage in 60 Swedish farrow-to-finish pig herds

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 257-264

  Sjölund, Marie ^a,b   Backhans, Annette ^b   Greko, Christina ^a   Emanuelson, Ulf ^b   Lindberg, Ann ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial usage; Farrow to finish herd; Pig production; Treatment incidence

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; FEMALE; PIG; PROCEDURES; SWEDEN; VETERINARY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; FEMALE; SUS SCROFA; SWEDEN;

EID: 84941995668     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2015.07.005     Document Type: Article

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