Cross-sectional study on antibiotic usage in pigs in Germany.

To be able to analyze the relationship between the level of resistance and the use of antimicrobials, it is necessary to collect detailed data on antimicrobial usage. For this reason, data on antimicrobial use on 495 pig farms from entire Germany were collected and analyzed. In Germany, each applica...

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Main Authors: Lisa van Rennings, Christiane von Münchhausen, Henry Ottilie, Maria Hartmann, Roswitha Merle, Walther Honscha, Annemarie Käsbohrer, Lothar Kreienbrock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4364977?pdf=render