The Effects of dairy cattle antibiotics on soil microbial community cycling and antibiotic resistance
Antibiotic use in agricultural ecosystems has the potential to increase resistance to antibiotics in soil microbial communities since 40-95% of an antibiotic dose administered to livestock is excreted intact or as metabolites. Exposure to antibiotics is also known to alter microbial community compos...
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Virginia Tech
2018
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/83227 |