Antibiotic Use in Agriculture and Its Impact on the Terrestrial Environment

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• terrestrial environment 100%
• antibiotics 85%
• agriculture 61%
• manure 32%
• animal 19%
• bacterium 12%
• urine 9%
• soil 8%
• drinking water 7%
• microorganism 7%
• surface water 6%
• soil organism 6%
• nonpoint source pollution 5%
• infectious disease 5%
• land 5%
• toxic effect 5%

Agriculture & Biology

• antibiotics 64%
• agriculture 63%
• animal manures 31%
• bacteria 10%
• surface water 10%
• drinking water 9%
• animals 8%
• urine 7%
• nonpoint source pollution 7%
• soil 7%
• food loss 7%
• tetracyclines 6%
• microorganisms 6%
• soil biota 5%
• insect vectors 5%
• water flow 5%
• food webs 5%
• soil microorganisms 5%
• erythromycin 5%
• groundwater 5%