Antibiotic Awareness Week - November 2017

Stephen W. Page

doi:10.3415/VCOT-17-10-0137

Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Table of Contents

Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 2017; 30(06): vi-vii
DOI: 10.3415/VCOT-17-10-0137

Editorial

Schattauer GmbH

Antibiotic Awareness Week - November 2017

Veterinary Surgeons – Leaders in Antimicrobial Stewardship?

Authors

Stephen W. Page

¹Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Advanced Veterinary Therapeutics, Newtown, New South Wales, Australia

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