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Dealing with antimicrobial resistance--the Danish experience

2000-06-01

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Following the discovery in 1994 and 1995 that use of the glycopeptide antimicrobial avoparcin for growth promotion was associated with the occurrence of vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium in food animals and in food, the Danish Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries banned the use of avoparcin in May 1995. The ban was later extended by the European Commission to include all EU member states. In May 199...

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Literature Corpus work: 98524a9e-7cea-501e-877b-98036a419285
DOI: 10.4141/a99-096

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