Sampling Strategies in Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring: Evaluating How Precision and Sensitivity Vary with the Number of Animals Sampled per Farm

• Takehisa Yamamoto ,

  * E-mail: mtbook@affrc.go.jp

  Affiliation Viral Disease and Epidemiology Research Division, National Institute of Animal Health, Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

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• Yoko Hayama,

  Affiliation Viral Disease and Epidemiology Research Division, National Institute of Animal Health, Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

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• Arata Hidano,

  Affiliation Viral Disease and Epidemiology Research Division, National Institute of Animal Health, Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

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• Sota Kobayashi,

  Affiliation Viral Disease and Epidemiology Research Division, National Institute of Animal Health, Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

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• Norihiko Muroga,

  Affiliation Viral Disease and Epidemiology Research Division, National Institute of Animal Health, Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

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• Kiyoyasu Ishikawa,

  Affiliation Animal Products Safety Division, Food Safety and Consumer Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Japan

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• Aki Ogura,

  Affiliation Animal Products Safety Division, Food Safety and Consumer Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Japan

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• Toshiyuki Tsutsui

  Affiliation Viral Disease and Epidemiology Research Division, National Institute of Animal Health, Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

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