High Heritabilities for Antibiotic Usage Show Potential to Breed for Disease Resistance in Finishing Pigs

• मुख्य लेखकों: Wim Gorssen (लेखक), Dominiek Maes (लेखक), Roel Meyermans (लेखक), Jürgen Depuydt (लेखक), Steven Janssens (लेखक), Nadine Buys (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: MDPI AG, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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The use of antimicrobials in animal production is under public debate, mainly due to the risk of transfer of resistance to pathogenic bacteria in humans. Therefore, measures have been taken during the last few decades to reduce antibiotic usage in animals, for instance, by national monitoring progra...