Proportion of resistant <i>E. coli</i> by milk feeding treatment at the calf level over time in weeks.

Abstract

<p>Error bars represent 95% confidence interval of the least square mean. 1. Calves fed raw milk without the addition of sub-MICs of antimicrobial drugs. 2. Calves fed raw milk with the addition of sub-MICs of ceftiofur, penicillin, ampicillin, and oxytetracycline from birth to 6 weeks of age. *Sampling weeks where the proportion of resistance was significantly different between NR and DR.</p