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Preventive antibiotic treatment of calves: emergence of dysbiosis causing propagation of obese state‐associated and mobile multidrug resistance‐carrying bacteria
30 Oct 2019
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In agriculture, antibiotics are used for the treatment and prevention of livestock disease. Antibiotics perturb the bacterial gut composition but the extent of these changes and potential consequences for animal and human health is still debated. Six calves were housed in a controlled environment. Three animals received an injection of the antibiotic florfenicol (Nuflor), and three received no treatment. Faecal...
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