Dust emissions from cattle feed yards: a source of antibiotic resistance?

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Nate Seltenrich. Environ Health Perspect. 2015 Apr.

. 2015 Apr;123(4):A96.

doi: 10.1289/ehp.123-A96.

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Antibiotics, bacteria, and antibiotic resistance genes: aerial transport from cattle feed yards via particulate matter.
McEachran AD, Blackwell BR, Hanson JD, Wooten KJ, Mayer GD, Cox SB, Smith PN. McEachran AD, et al. Environ Health Perspect. 2015 Apr;123(4):337-43. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1408555. Epub 2015 Jan 22. Environ Health Perspect. 2015. PMID: 25633846 Free PMC article.

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