Figure 1

Quantification of 16S-rRNA in cattle fecal deposits under field conditions. The treatments were (N = 3; plus standard error): Control, no antimicrobial agents added to the diets of steers from which fecal deposits originated; A44, chlortetracycline (44 ppm); AS700, chlortetracycline and sulfamethazine (each at 44 ppm); T11, tylosin (11 ppm).