Persistent spatial clusters of prescribed antimicrobials among danish pig farms-a register-based study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Fertner, Mette ^a   Sanchez, Javier ^b   Boklund, Anette ^a   Stryhn, Henrik ^b   Dupont, Nana ^c   Toft, Nils ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FARMING SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; PIG; POPULATION RISK; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; PROCEDURES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DENMARK; HUMANS; SWINE;

EID: 84943273011     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136834     Document Type: Article

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