Evaluation of the relationship between the biosecurity status, production parameters, herd characteristics and antimicrobial usage in farrow-to-finish pig production in four EU countries

Porcine Health Management

Volumn 2, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Postma, Merel ^a   Backhans, Annette ^b,c   Collineau, Lucie ^d,e,i   Loesken, Svenja ^f   Sjölund, Marie ^b,c,j   Belloc, Catherine ^e   Emanuelson, Ulf ^c   Beilage, Elisabeth Grosse ^f   Nielsen, Elisabeth Okholm ^g   Stärk, Katharina D C ^d   Dewulf, Jeroen ^a   Andreasen, Margit ^h   Liesner, Bernd Grosse ^h   Körk, Christian Alexander ^h   Lindberg, Ann ^j   Lösken, Svenja ^f   Seemer, Hugo ^h   Stärk, Katharina ⁱ   Visschers, Vivianne ^k  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d SAFOSO AG   (Switzerland)

^e LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^g Danish Agriculture and Food Council   (Denmark)

^h Boehringer Ingelheim   (Denmark)

ⁱ SAFOSO   (Switzerland)

^j Department of Bacteriology   (Sweden)

^k ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Antimicrobial usage; Biosecurity; Causal path; Pig production; Production parameters

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995727321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20555660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40813-016-0028-z     Document Type: Article

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