Open AccessVoluntary ban on cephalosporin use in Danish pig production has effectively reduced extended-spectrum cephalosporinase-producing Escherichia coli in slaughter pigs
Author(s) -
Yvonne Agersø,
Frank M. Aarestrup
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dks427
Subject(s) - cephalosporin , ceftriaxone , escherichia coli , veterinary medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , food science , medicine , antibiotics , gene , biochemistry
To measure the effect of a voluntary ban on cephalosporin usage in the Danish pig production on the prevalence of extended-spectrum cephalosporinase (ESC)-producing Escherichia coli in pigs and pork.
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