Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Antibiotic-Free Chicken Farms

Rising concern about the use of antibiotics in food production has resulted in many studies on the occurrence of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in animal-associated bacterial communities. There are few baseline data on the abundance of ARGs on farms where chickens are intensively raised with lit...

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Main Authors: Yuhong Liu, Michael Dyall-Smith, Marc Marenda, Hang-Wei Hu, Glenn Browning, Helen Billman-Jacobe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-03-01
Series:Antibiotics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/9/3/120