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. 1983 Dec;46(6):1433–1434. doi: 10.1128/aem.46.6.1433-1434.1983

Antibiotic resistance of fecal coliforms after long-term withdrawal of therapeutic and subtherapeutic antibiotic use in a swine herd.

B E Langlois, G L Cromwell, T S Stahly, K A Dawson, V W Hays
PMCID: PMC239589  PMID: 6660878

Abstract

Tetracycline resistance of fecal coliforms isolated from swine decreased from 82 to 42%, a decrease of less than 50%, after the use of all forms of antimicrobial agents were discontinued in the herd for 126 months.

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