Does restricting therapeutic antibiotics use influence efficiency of pig farms? Evidence from Denmark’s Yellow Card Initiative

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Does restricting therapeutic antibiotics use influence efficiency of pig farms? Evidence from Denmark’s Yellow Card Initiative. / Belay, Dagim; Jensen, Jørgen Dejgård.

In: European Review of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 49, No. 4, 2022, p. 832–856.

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Belay, D & Jensen, JD 2022, 'Does restricting therapeutic antibiotics use influence efficiency of pig farms? Evidence from Denmark’s Yellow Card Initiative', European Review of Agricultural Economics, vol. 49, no. 4, pp. 832–856. https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbac009

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Belay, D., & Jensen, J. D. (2022). Does restricting therapeutic antibiotics use influence efficiency of pig farms? Evidence from Denmark’s Yellow Card Initiative. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 49(4), 832–856. https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbac009

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Belay D, Jensen JD. Does restricting therapeutic antibiotics use influence efficiency of pig farms? Evidence from Denmark’s Yellow Card Initiative. European Review of Agricultural Economics. 2022;49(4):832–856. https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbac009

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Belay, Dagim ; Jensen, Jørgen Dejgård. / Does restricting therapeutic antibiotics use influence efficiency of pig farms? Evidence from Denmark’s Yellow Card Initiative. In: European Review of Agricultural Economics. 2022 ; Vol. 49, No. 4. pp. 832–856.

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