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High dietary zinc supplementation increases the occurrence of tetracycline and sulfonamide resistance genes in the intestine of weaned pigs

BACKGROUND: Dietary zinc oxide is used in pig nutrition to combat post weaning diarrhoea. Recent data suggests that high doses (2.5 g/kg feed) increase the bacterial antibiotic resistance development in weaned pigs. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the development of enterobacteri...

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Autores principales: Vahjen, Wilfried, Pietruszyńska, Dominika, Starke, Ingo C., Zentek, Jürgen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4551370/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26322131
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13099-015-0071-3