Clinical insights: Antimicrobials in an age of resistance

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Editorial

M A Mercer et al. Equine Vet J. 2019 Nov.

. 2019 Nov;51(6):711-713.

doi: 10.1111/evj.13151.

¹ Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.

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Use of large-scale veterinary data for the investigation of antimicrobial prescribing practices in equine medicine.
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