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In considering the addition of antibiotics to the feed of farm animals, two main questions are of great concern. 1. Do the low concentrations of antibiotics, usually mixed into the feed, exert a selective pressure sufficient to exert a wide selection of resistant organisms among Enterobacteriaceae ? 2. Does the increasing occurrence of resistant strains in such animals and in their environment profoundly influence the epidemiological situation in man, that is, can the resistant strains, emerging in animals, really cause infections or even epidemics in man which are difficult to manage with antibiotic treatment?
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Knothe, H. (1971). Epidemiological Investigations of R-Factor Bearing Enterobacteriaceae in Man and Animals in Germany. In: Finland, M., Marget, W., Bartmann, K. (eds) Bacterial Infections. Bayer-Symposium, vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65267-7_20
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