Assigning Defined Daily/Course Doses for Antimicrobials in Turkeys to Enable a Cross-Country Quantification and Comparison of Antimicrobial Use

• Main Authors: Philip Joosten (Author), Steven Sarrazin (Author), Claire Chauvin (Author), Gabriel Moyano (Author), Katharina Wadepohl (Author), Liese Van Gompel (Author), Jaap A. Wagenaar (Author), Jeroen Dewulf (Author), on behalf of the [EFFORT group] (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) threatens our public health and is mainly driven by antimicrobial usage (AMU). For this reason the World Health Organization calls for detailed monitoring of AMU over all animal sectors involved. Therefore, we aimed to quantify AMU on turkey farms. First, turkey-specif...