Reducing antimicrobial use in food animals

The large and expanding use of antimicrobials in livestock, a consequence of growing global demand for animal protein, is of considerable concern in light of the threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Use of antimicrobials in animals has been linked to drug-resistant infections in animals (1) and...

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Main Authors: Boeckel, Thomas P. van, Glennon, E.E., Chen, D., Gilbert, M., Robinson, Timothy P., Grenfell, B.T., Levin, S.A., Bonhoeffer, S., Laxminarayan, R.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2017
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/88090

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