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Public Health - Antibiotics & Resistance
Effect of manure application rate and timing on the leaching and runoff potential of antibiotic resistant bacteria and their associated genes
Antibiotics are used in swine production for both therapeutic and growth promotion purposes. Compounds are placed in feed or water and used in oral and injection treatments and encompass a broad...
Public Health - Other Zoonotic Diseases
E. coli O157:H7 prevalence and characterization from NAHMS 2006 swine fecal samples
The objectives of the current study were to use the 2006 swine NAHMS samples to determine the prevalence, antimicrobial characterization, and genetic profile of E. coli O157:H7 in the U.S. swine herd...
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