Remarks Addressing Airborne Feedyard Dust and Antimicrobial Resistance
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چکیده
The major concern with a recent study covering airborne particulate matter (PM) from cattle feeding facilities lies not within the research but with the conclusions drawn and much more with the distorted misrepresentations of those data that have been spread through the media. We will address this by briefly discussing three major points in the research and hopefully eliminate some of the confusion surrounding this issue. Those points are: 1) bacterial viability; 2) likelihood of bacterial repopulation; and 3) concentration of antimicrobials.
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