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The Potential Role of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations in Infectious Disease Epidemics and Antibiotic Resistance

The industrialization of livestock production and the widespread use of nontherapeutic antimicrobial growth promotants has intensified the risk for the emergence of new, more virulent, or more resistant microorganisms. These have reduced the effectiveness of several classes of antibiotics for treati...

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Autores principales: Gilchrist, Mary J., Greko, Christina, Wallinga, David B., Beran, George W., Riley, David G., Thorne, Peter S.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1817683/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17384785
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.8837