Effects of Reducing Antimicrobial Use and Applying a Cleaning and Disinfection Program in Veal Calf Farming: Experiences from an Intervention Study to Control Livestock-Associated MRSA

• Alejandro Dorado-García ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Alejandro Dorado-García, Haitske Graveland

  * E-mail: a.doradogarcia@uu.nl

  Affiliations Division of Environmental Epidemiology, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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• Haitske Graveland ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Alejandro Dorado-García, Haitske Graveland

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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• Marian E. H. Bos,

  Affiliation Division of Environmental Epidemiology, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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• Koen M. Verstappen,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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• Brigitte A. G. L. Van Cleef,

  Affiliations Laboratory for Microbiology and Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands, Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

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• Jan A. J. W. Kluytmans,

  Affiliations Laboratory for Microbiology and Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Microbiology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Jaap A. Wagenaar,

  Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Central Veterinary Institute, Wageningen UR, Lelystad, The Netherlands

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• Dick J. J. Heederik

  Affiliation Division of Environmental Epidemiology, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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