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Antibiotic resistance of fecal coliforms after long-term withdrawal of therapeutic and subtherapeutic antibiotic use in a swine herd

Applied and Environmental Microbiology (1983) 46(6) 1433-1434
DOI: 10.1128/aem.46.6.1433-1434.1983
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Tetracycline resistance of fecal coliforms isolated from swine decreased from 82 to 42%, a decrease of less than 50%, after the use of all forms of antimicrobial agents was discontinued in the herd for 126 months.

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Langlois, B. R., Cromwell, G. L., Stahly, T. S., Dawson, K. A., & Hays, V. W. (1983). Antibiotic resistance of fecal coliforms after long-term withdrawal of therapeutic and subtherapeutic antibiotic use in a swine herd. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 46(6), 1433–1434. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.46.6.1433-1434.1983

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