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As in other fields of veterinary medicine, antibacterial drugs are the most extensively used of all types of medicinal products in fish. In a number of respects these drugs need to be considered as one group rather than several separate groups because despite their chemical diversity they are used for a common purpose — either to kill, or to inhibit the multiplication of, bacteria.
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Treves-Brown, K.M. (2000). Comparative Aspects of Antibacterial Drugs. In: Applied Fish Pharmacology. Aquaculture, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0761-9_4
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